Its easter weekend in London and we caught up with some of my cousin Kara's mates, Jas and Shoana. They've set up house in Fulham, on a road called Munster Road, which I found hilarious and so easy to remember. I think Id only met Shoana briefly once before but Jas used to come over to our house with Kara and Fil for Sunday roasts every now and then, which were always really good times. Jas looks really well, she had just come back after doing a trip to Egypt so she was really tanned and I was jealous. We caught a bus from Hammersmith to Fulham for 5 minutes and walked a bit to their house, another beautiful day...this weather is so unusual they are saying that there will be a shortage of ice cream in the UK...how funny!
I've only got 5 minutes on the internet left so Im going to put our wicked time with these guys in note form:
-Went out to a few local bars, much fun and hilarity ensued. Crazy dancing.
-Duty free vodka and Sainsburys cheap Red Bull substitute made for a great cocktail.
-Their housemate Lucas is a laugh and comes in handy when you have unwanted attention from crazy French men. He also gets points because he drives a little green car, how very Shrek.
-Shoana is crazy, especially on the walk home she got up to mischief swapping dustbin lids and the like, all whilst acting like it was completely normal. Genius. Briony has photographic evidence, and could also catch me in the act of sitting on a parked scooter on the way home also, but we wont talk about that.
So the morning after we all gradually arose from our stupor, feeling a bit sorry for ourselves and treating ourselves to cable tv to recover. They call it Sky TV over here and I think its even worse than American cable. No joke, we spent the whole day on the couch, well Shoana managed to pull herself away from 16 straight episodes of 'girls of the playboy mansion', its the new The Simple Life, apparantly. It sounds so strange but after weeks of sightseeing and on the go, it was so nice to lounge about, it was kinda just like being at home with the girls!
The next day, Briony develops a case of sudden onset conjunctivitis and we decide to celebrate that as well as more glorious weather by visiting Portobello Road Market. Ive always wanted to go here, great shopping and great atmosphere. Because it was a public holiday some stalls were open but it was also Monday so it was nowhere as big as it normally is on the weekend. It was great to visit, but so hard because I knew I couldnt buy anything. We were all in the same situation of being a bit skint for luxuries, so we pretty much just drooled at all the nice stuff that was available, clothes, accessories, house stuff. We then went and did a bit of High st window shopping before we were completed pooped and caught the tube back. By that stage it was early evening so Noni and I said our farewells and hopped back on the tube with all our gear and took 3 lines to get to our next hostel, where we stay until we go to Edinburgh on the thursday. It's nice and we get a few more sightseeing things done. I like London but Im not in love with it and dont know if Id live there. the tube is crap and always breaking down, the subway is luxury compared to it and so much less expensive. I'll definately head back there before I completely strike it off the list. PS the pidgeons are after me
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Awww man I wish I was there with you! Can't believe you've been hanging out in Hammersmith... that's my old haunt! Are you using the internet cafe in the video store?
I was just re-reading a couple of things from my time in edinburgh... starting to forget how fantastic it was. You're going to have the time of your life.
Hehe, it's a small world...nope not in a video store my internet place was near Ravenscourt Gardens, a little way down King St.
Im at the Central Library in Edinburgh right now, about to completely catch up with my blog, Im running a bit behind...
london has such cool names for things. reminds me of monopoly. you dont like the tube? see, i found the tube sexcellent, compared with the public transport systems of SA, which as you know, in our part of town was all about buses. but i do agree that they are always doing fucking 'trackworks' etc. i guess that the new york subway is the shiznit. and i must say. you have not lived unless you have travelled underground. i love how windy it gets when a train is coming. its such a surreal feeling!!!
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