Hanger Hill Hotel London

So I was back... and about to try and sort out my life. The plan was to go to lapland then home via Thailand for a month or so... that was until I checked my bank balance. Oops... i was negative money. That wasn't the plan! I then starting pulling out my hair trying to figure out what to do. Coming to lapland so early isn't that great either as the main winter season doesn't start till early dec. My ...

... of cheese, seafood, bread, vegetables, fruit, meat, and drinks. We stocked up on our veggies for the week as well as some other things we needed. Then in the afternoon I wandered up to see Southwark Cathedral. It's not far from the apartment. It was Gothic and really nice. I walked by the Thames for a bit, passing the Globe Theatre and the Tate Modern. I walked across the Millennium Bridge to the north side of the river and then came back across to just sort of relax and ...

... Jason ordered the house dish: Kidney Pie. He's still feeling the effects days later.
-St. Bride's Church - its steeple is the inspiration for the multi-tiered wedding cake
-St. Paul's Cathedral - has been a church since 604. We may regret this, but since were so tired at this point, instead of going in, we took a nap on the steps.
-Cheapside - the street of shops where Shakespeare used to shop
-Bank Junction - saw all the important financial ...

... where they wrote a lot of songs, Strawberry Fields orphanage and Penny Lane to name a few. Our guide told us some interesting facts and then we sent to our hotel with a few hours exploring time before dinner. I just have to say it made me quite sad driving round Liverpool, there are so many boarded up houses about to be knocked down (including Ringo Starr's childhood home).

After a quick wander around the Arthur Docks and a visit to the Liverpool 1 mall ...

... U.S. cities, Hackney's ambitions are built on the rubble of centuries of decay, and some London taxi drivers still won't even accept fares to this area. On the other hand, artistic and activist types have always liked it. Tony and Cheri Blair once lived here, and wasn't that Julie Christie buying a chocolate cake at the Violet stall on Saturday??? (More about that tomorrow...) 

 We ...

... little path and found a few hidden graves completly burried. I let someone know thier and they said they did not know they existed and I showed them where it was. They plan to clear it out and mark it better. Then I wondered some more and fell in to a patch of Stinging nettles it hurt bad on my legs and my arm. I was like Owe it hurts so i saw a waterway and hoped the small fence and went and got some water for my legs and arm. I took my shoes and socks off and ...

... selling every known cheese, all different kinds of cooked sausage and meats, seafood that were piled high on beds of ice, oysters the size that I'd never ever seen before. I thought that Queensland had some decent sized oysters but nothing like this. Would fit a bread plate and cakes and hand made chocolates of the most wonderful ...

... Palace. Atop the Victoria Tower is an iron flagstaff, from which either the Royal Standard (if the Sovereign is present in the Palace) or the Union Jack is flown. At the base of the Victoria Tower is the Sovereign's Entrance to the Palace. Of course, the other and the most famouse one is the Clock Tower (popularly referred to as Big Ben) which is 96 m tall and is located at the north-eastern end of the Palace. Although the term "Big Ben" properly refers only to the bell, everyone ...

... 2pm because that was when my room was going to be ready for me. i can honestly say i didnt do much after i checked into my room, i was tired but not tired. but ended up falling asleep anyways. but not before cecelia and i booked a tour for tomorrow. around 4pm i woke up to my roomate coming into the hotel, her name is chantal she's 33 from vancouver. she's a cop. which was pretty cool. after that i slept till about 9, thought about getting up but than decided not too.

... change my accommodation booking. We had dim sum for lunch (which seems to be the welcome and farewell london lunch for us) and lazed in the park for a little bit. That night we went out for drinks with the girls in town, went to Guanabara. I was there a few weeks earlier for work drinks, at least this time I remembered leaving! Had lots of fun dancing with the girls, and ofcourse, dancing with Chef. A couple of Rob and Ren's mates ...