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Day 3
... with lashings of HP and English mustard. The pub I'm in is a City affair, full of business folk. A couple of ladies at the next table are just polishing off what I believe to be their second bottle of wine. And someone just ordered a "Becks top" (and if you know what that means, you've spent too long in the UK). Nice to just sit and observe, like a tourist, which is basically what I am now.
In the evening, I make my way to the Southbank Centre, firstly to ...
London
... is Wasted on the Young".
Let me quantify that. Here we are in one of the most impressive cities in the world, rich in tradition,culture, history. Queens, Kings, Princesses, Princes, Winston Churchill, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Dickens, The Beatles, I could go on for pages. The one thing that was the most impressive to my young cast was: a half buried luggage cart in a wall with a ...
Pub + crawl = fun
... to him much but she had a lengthy chat with him the other night. He has long fake nails on his right hand to help with playing the guitar - I think it's suppose to be his 'thing'. ANYWAY... he of course drew a big crowd and Renee picked up his CD.
We then headed for Belushi's, a pub nearby where 59 people including ourselves met for our pub crawl! GBP ...
Seeing the London sights
... around soon so we can just throw them in the back.
Following that mini shopping spree we needed a rest and drink so we walked to a tea shop around the corner. Emma had her first yogurt for afternoon tea which she liked and the rest of us had a drink. Martin played a game with Emma where he was rolling a bottle of water across the table to her and she would roll it back. Apparently this was hilarious because she was laughing her head off.
After ...
Some Final Reflections
... that’s separated me from my family, and my friends back home felt so far, a distance so insurmountable that even the technology of skype couldn’t do anything to lift the feeling of homesickness.
However, as I began to meet new people in my dorm, and I began to experience the exhilarating city of London and the people and places that reside within its boundaries, I began to feel that rush of adrenaline that I’m all to ...
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