Well--I arrived in London at 6:30 this morning. My flight from Dulles wasn't the worst I've ever taken, but it wasn't the best either. I've definitely grown accustomed to taking flights longer than 14 hours so being able to upgrade. This was rough. I had two kids in front of me that keep jostling around and asking for more food from the flight attendants, and two Irish high-schoolers next to me that were trapped in and traveling with a couple other girls that kept coming over to talk. Then, I seemed to be surrounded in general by the entire geriatric crowd going on a Carnival cruise. Of for the love of peter, paul and mary!
Anyway--I arrived, quick trip on the Heathrow express and a taxi ride and I was happily ensconced in my hotel. A shower and a nap do a lot to revive you!! So I slipped on my keens and started walkin'. A few hours later I'd covered Covent Garden, Leicester Square to get theatre tickets and whatever neighborhood I'm in (near University of London). I also caught up with a friend from Darfur who's here finishing up school. I went to see Wicked--an early birthday present to myself (and if I don't really eat much here for the next week I should be able to cover my ticket with my perdiem). It was fantastic. Lots of Americans there......And lots of people in really weird and IMHO inappropriate clothing for the theatre. The weirdest thing was that it looked like a movie theatre when we left---water bottles and candy wrappers all over the floor. Strange, strange, strange.
Anyway, tomorrow I'm going to hit Regents park and maybe the Thames.....it all depends on if the weather is as lovely tomorrow as it was today!
So, I'm off to bed....
Cheers mate,
Jane
anglophile
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