Well i ended up meeting up with Anna just after 5 after I was identified loitering outside the Marriott by security. Big thanks go out to Anna for copping a whole bunch of shit at work for taking my pack and then buying me a beer at the bar there while i waited for her.
So i arrived in London at 8.30 in the morning which is where my London Marathon starts, at this point i'd had about 5 hours sleep in the 24+ hours i spent getting there. Once i arrived in Oxford St i figure i walked close to 10-15kms in the six hours i was waiting, although i did have a bit of a kip in Grovesnor Park outside the American Embassy.... this was only the first leg of the journey as once i meet up with Anna and got back to Brixton "mon" think little Jamaica "mon", thankfully had a shower and went and meet some of Anna's flatmates which i consider to be the second leg as mucsling my way round the tube stations at peak hour took a herculean effort especially running to jump on the back of a bus with a full pack on.
The last leg of my journey begins and ends at the pub where i proceeded to get well boozed with Anna and 3 german girls (Anna's flatmates) which led to some very interesting conversations. If they are stereotypical germans than the stereotype is true. Well open about talking bout sex and so reserved about everything else not sure who has got it backwards us or them but it was a real crackup either way.
I'm working at getting the pics out but struggling to get them off the camera at the moment. We went back up the hill to have some more drinks but I almost passed out on the couch as my gravity was seeming to have a far larger pull on me than anyone else in the room.
In the last two days I feel like i've walked the majority of a Monopoly board as i've been down what seems close to most of the properties in the last side of the board before you pickup £200 and go and a skattering of the others as well. Still waiting to receive my £200 pound and land on free parking but thankfully i haven't been told to go to jail. I went to Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, House of Commons and Picadilly Circus yesterday all thanks to my lovely german tour guide Barabara (Anna's friend). I don't really know what i was expecting but being led round London by a german definitely wasn't one of them! I think with that package I'll have a better look in depth at it a second time round.
Went to Chinatown for dinner once we meet up with Anna which in itself was hilarious they so cater for the hairy white man here. No bowls, they serve it on plates and if you want chopsticks you have to ask for them. We had to walk past the Odeon to get there and the Premiere for "The Interpreter" was on but we decided to eat first and then come back but it was all over by the time we got back.
Did the mad dash with Anna this morning to transfer to the hotel I'm staying at, kinda waiting to check in and dump my bags and that and pick up my tickets for the rest of the sites but i think i'll head off to the British Museum at some point and possibly back to Picadilly Circus at some point.
Anyway time for more madcap adventures
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