A warm 11 degrees

Yeah, I'm in this red phone box. cause that's what you do. 

Me and Soph in Trafalgar Square

Yesterday Sophie and I went on the tourist trail. We went on the tube to Trafalgar Square and admired the huge fountains and statues, googled what they were, and laughed at the children falling over themselves with joy. We then wandered through the National Gallery, looking at paintings we almost recognised and talked about how wonderful it would have been to be with Grandmere here because she would know. We tried to sweet talk our way into the Da Vinci exhibition but the curator was unimpressed that we were bed at 5am instead of lining up for a ticket (apparently that's how you get in).

After the gallery we walked to Buckingham Palace, saw some guards march up and down (they seemed far too young to be guarding anything much) and waved at the queen who didn't come outside to wave back. Rude I thought.

The queen is in there. You can tell by the flag being at full mast.

Pretty golden angel outside Buckingham Palace

Tourists

After this we went in search of an underground wine bar called Gordon's. We paid a homeless man £1 to show us where it was and escaped the cold street to the extremely hot dark little tunnel (a converted wine cellar-  you can't even stand up inside). It was very awesome. We shared a bottle of wine, talked about love, life and livestock for a couple of hours. It was easy to forget what time it was, and how cold it was out on the street. When we left the bar I thought (for the first time since I have been in London) mmm it's nice and cool out here...

London Hoods. 

I met up with Andy in the evening and we went to some bars, drank some lager (and some tequila), caught up on gossip and had a really nice time. We went to an underground house club in Shoreditch called Mimo and danced a lot. Andy dances like a legend and that made me laugh. At about 3am we danced out of the club and I stumbled into a taxi.

Now, if you know me well, you will know that I have a bit of an irrational hatred for taxi drivers, especially when I am drunk. This taxi was an 'agree on the price before you get in' type of taxi- which is lucky, because I had absolutely no idea where I was or where I was going. Andy gave the driver some directions and sent me on my way. But this stupid taxi man (curse them all) did not seem to be able to comprehend that I had been in London for two days, and had NO IDEA whether he should turn left or right, take the high street or the old junction, go through the toll road, turn around in a circle and do the hokey pokie.. He kept insisting I tell him which way to go. In the end I just pretended I couldn't hear him and stared out the window until I recognized the street I was on, told him to stop, and got out. It just so happened that I was right outside Sophie's apartment. Fuck I'm talented.

Today I stayed on the couch for many hours. I skyped with my beautiful Ellie, and I booked my flight to see her in Dublin. I am so excited to give her a big hug. I miss my friend. I arrive on Australia day which is nice, we can be Australian together! I also booked some accommodation in London for the next three nights at hostel which looks really nice, so I go there tomorrow until Dublin time.

I think I will spend the next few days exploring the city some more, there is so much here to see I don't know how I could ever get bored. I am thinking I will stay in Dublin a couple of weeks and then maybe come back and find some work in London. I might delay some of my traveling until it warms up a bit- I want to see Greece and Spain and Italy and France and Poland and oh i want to see everything!!

I am sitting in a bar at the moment, I just finished a delicious pumpkin risotto with roasted vegetables in it, an am having a beer (the size of my head- why are they so big?)

Early night tonight, because tomorrow I have more exploring to do!!

xxxxx