It's all over but the bills...
So, I'm writing this from work, as I am back on this side of the Atlantic. I tried to post from the airport, but the booth that I went to had a net nanny program that wouldn't allow me onto the site because of high pornographic content. I couldn't even go directly to my blog because it said it was high pornographic content. Maybe because I said genitals on it or something. Anywho...
So my last full day in London was spent walking and shows-ing, if that's a word. I got up, late, and went to the British Museum, which was just a couple of blocks from where I was staying. I must have ended up taking the long route though, but it gave me a chance to see what was around. It's a really nice looking neighbourhood, and the University of London campus is also right near there. A lot of the faculties have their offices on right on the street. I came up to the museum and happened upon a comic/graphic novel shop that looked kind of cool, so I went in and perused and bought some Dr. Who comics for my honey. If I had known what other people liked, I would have picked up other stuff too!
Onward to the museum I went. The British Museum is an amazing facility. They have displays from most countries (including North America). The museum is completely free to enter (like most of the museums there), but they have specialized displays that they charge for, and then of course, souvenirs and such. I wanted to go because they were having an exhibit of Michaelangelo's sketches. Basically it was things that he sketched when he was designing the Sistine Chapel and some of his most famous works. There were a lot of naked man drawings. They were amazing. I also checked out the Egyptian and some of the Greek/Roman stuff. They had Egyptian mummies (maybe they were daddies, I don't know) that were really cool too, and mummified pets (it was a spiritual thing, they liked to take their pets to the afterlife with them).
Okay, I just realized I had told you about the museum, but really it's so cool, how could I not!~
After spending about 3 hours there, I made my way down to Piccadilly Circus. I wanted to go to a giant toy shop called Hamley's to pick up the Dr. Who toys I had seen in the window. Then I just spent some more time window shopping. I was heading back for the train when I saw a ticket booth and I got a ticket for The Producers. I decided to go back to my hotel room and change and grab dinner before the show. As I was going down the first escalator in the Tube station, they started playing emergency announcements telling us all to leave the station. So, that meant I had no quick easy way back to my hotel. What's a girl to do? Try to take the bus! After finally getting the direction of the buses correct, not an easy feat, I finally decided to wander around a bit more. The tube station had reopened (but not until after the Fire Brigade had been there, sirens blaring), and I decided to head right to Covent Garden, where the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is (for the record, I didn't find the muffin man). When I bought my ticket, the guy gave me some vague directions to the theatre. I thought it would be easy to find. I found signage for every other theatre in the area. Even though Drury Lane is one of the most famous theatre streets and theatres in history, I guess it doesn't warrant signage. So I started wandering and I found this upscale burger joint to have dinner at and a Bailey's milkshake, yum!
So I leave the restaurant because it is 7pm and the show starts at 7:30. It has started to rain by this time (I know you're all shocked because the weather had been perfect up until this point.). Actually, I think it was closer to a small monsoon. I started wandering in the completely wrong direction and ended up in Leicster Square (south of Covent Garden) and had to make my way back. After getting soaked, I ended up back at the tube station I started at and asked a homeless gentleman selling those magazines like the ones here for directions. He asked if I was seeing The Producers and gave me directions very kindly. I gave him the money for the magazine, but didn't take one.
I made it to the theatre with about 5 minutes to spare. Enough time to pee, because oddly enough being in the rain makes you have to pee, and get to my seat and drip on the poor folks next to me. The show was great and did help take me out of my dark mood!
Went back to my hotel after the show and I was scheduled to be picked up for my airport transfer at 7am. Started packing and rearranging to fit all of the souvenirs and gifts in. Packed everything except the toiletries and the next day's clothes so I was ready to go. After a stunning 2 hours of sleep, I was up at 6am to shower and get ready. When I came downstairs at 6:45 the driver was already waiting for us. After a couple of stops and a nice scenic drive through town before it was bustling with traffic and people, we were back at Victoria station to take the train out to Gatwick. A relaxing 30 minutes. The train stations along the route were already packed with the commuters from the outskirts of the city. We made it really early to the airport, checked in and spent the next 3 hours wandering around the duty free spending what we had left. I found World of Whiskies and picked up something for my dad. Also got some chockies for the plane trip and some breakfast.
The plane was delayed again, but this time only by 30 minutes instead of and hour. I managed to get an aisle seat again and there was no middle person in the row so we had plenty of room to stretch out and some extra space for our things. There were several screechie children on the flight, that didn't make me really happy, but I put my headphones on and ignored almost everything while I did my Sudoku puzzles.
Landed in Calgary about 2:25pm the same day I left. I got to spend a day and a half in the same day! Saw mom and dad and had some Timmy Ho's at the airport. After we got back to Innisfail and dropped off my stuff, the 'rents took me to Las Palmeras (the best Mexican place ever!) for a yummy dinner. Finally slept around 11pm, which was 24 hours from when I got up to leave London in the first place. But I think I was up for closer to 36 hours total with the lack of sleep and all.
So, that's my trip to London in a nutshell. I have 525 pictures. If anyone wants to see them, I'll see if I can download any of them into the blog, or just ask and I'll e-mail some out! Hope you all get to travel to London some day and enjoy it as much as I did.
Cheers
So my last full day in London was spent walking and shows-ing, if that's a word. I got up, late, and went to the British Museum, which was just a couple of blocks from where I was staying. I must have ended up taking the long route though, but it gave me a chance to see what was around. It's a really nice looking neighbourhood, and the University of London campus is also right near there. A lot of the faculties have their offices on right on the street. I came up to the museum and happened upon a comic/graphic novel shop that looked kind of cool, so I went in and perused and bought some Dr. Who comics for my honey. If I had known what other people liked, I would have picked up other stuff too!
Onward to the museum I went. The British Museum is an amazing facility. They have displays from most countries (including North America). The museum is completely free to enter (like most of the museums there), but they have specialized displays that they charge for, and then of course, souvenirs and such. I wanted to go because they were having an exhibit of Michaelangelo's sketches. Basically it was things that he sketched when he was designing the Sistine Chapel and some of his most famous works. There were a lot of naked man drawings. They were amazing. I also checked out the Egyptian and some of the Greek/Roman stuff. They had Egyptian mummies (maybe they were daddies, I don't know) that were really cool too, and mummified pets (it was a spiritual thing, they liked to take their pets to the afterlife with them).
Okay, I just realized I had told you about the museum, but really it's so cool, how could I not!~
After spending about 3 hours there, I made my way down to Piccadilly Circus. I wanted to go to a giant toy shop called Hamley's to pick up the Dr. Who toys I had seen in the window. Then I just spent some more time window shopping. I was heading back for the train when I saw a ticket booth and I got a ticket for The Producers. I decided to go back to my hotel room and change and grab dinner before the show. As I was going down the first escalator in the Tube station, they started playing emergency announcements telling us all to leave the station. So, that meant I had no quick easy way back to my hotel. What's a girl to do? Try to take the bus! After finally getting the direction of the buses correct, not an easy feat, I finally decided to wander around a bit more. The tube station had reopened (but not until after the Fire Brigade had been there, sirens blaring), and I decided to head right to Covent Garden, where the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is (for the record, I didn't find the muffin man). When I bought my ticket, the guy gave me some vague directions to the theatre. I thought it would be easy to find. I found signage for every other theatre in the area. Even though Drury Lane is one of the most famous theatre streets and theatres in history, I guess it doesn't warrant signage. So I started wandering and I found this upscale burger joint to have dinner at and a Bailey's milkshake, yum!
So I leave the restaurant because it is 7pm and the show starts at 7:30. It has started to rain by this time (I know you're all shocked because the weather had been perfect up until this point.). Actually, I think it was closer to a small monsoon. I started wandering in the completely wrong direction and ended up in Leicster Square (south of Covent Garden) and had to make my way back. After getting soaked, I ended up back at the tube station I started at and asked a homeless gentleman selling those magazines like the ones here for directions. He asked if I was seeing The Producers and gave me directions very kindly. I gave him the money for the magazine, but didn't take one.
I made it to the theatre with about 5 minutes to spare. Enough time to pee, because oddly enough being in the rain makes you have to pee, and get to my seat and drip on the poor folks next to me. The show was great and did help take me out of my dark mood!
Went back to my hotel after the show and I was scheduled to be picked up for my airport transfer at 7am. Started packing and rearranging to fit all of the souvenirs and gifts in. Packed everything except the toiletries and the next day's clothes so I was ready to go. After a stunning 2 hours of sleep, I was up at 6am to shower and get ready. When I came downstairs at 6:45 the driver was already waiting for us. After a couple of stops and a nice scenic drive through town before it was bustling with traffic and people, we were back at Victoria station to take the train out to Gatwick. A relaxing 30 minutes. The train stations along the route were already packed with the commuters from the outskirts of the city. We made it really early to the airport, checked in and spent the next 3 hours wandering around the duty free spending what we had left. I found World of Whiskies and picked up something for my dad. Also got some chockies for the plane trip and some breakfast.
The plane was delayed again, but this time only by 30 minutes instead of and hour. I managed to get an aisle seat again and there was no middle person in the row so we had plenty of room to stretch out and some extra space for our things. There were several screechie children on the flight, that didn't make me really happy, but I put my headphones on and ignored almost everything while I did my Sudoku puzzles.
Landed in Calgary about 2:25pm the same day I left. I got to spend a day and a half in the same day! Saw mom and dad and had some Timmy Ho's at the airport. After we got back to Innisfail and dropped off my stuff, the 'rents took me to Las Palmeras (the best Mexican place ever!) for a yummy dinner. Finally slept around 11pm, which was 24 hours from when I got up to leave London in the first place. But I think I was up for closer to 36 hours total with the lack of sleep and all.
So, that's my trip to London in a nutshell. I have 525 pictures. If anyone wants to see them, I'll see if I can download any of them into the blog, or just ask and I'll e-mail some out! Hope you all get to travel to London some day and enjoy it as much as I did.
Cheers
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