Four Days in London
Trip Start
Nov 01, 2006
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Trip End
Nov 21, 2006
London,
United Kingdom
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
1) We got a great deal on a room at the hotel attached to the Chelsea Football Club stadium. We tried to book tickets for a match, but there was no game that worked with our timing. The lady at the information desk at Heathrow let out a horrified gasp when she found out we weren't catching a game.
2) Monica, Mel's friend from university who now works in London, played the gracious host and showed us the side of London away from the tourist stuff. We had really good Indian food. She also took us to a great Thai restaurant that dispelled our impression that all Asian food in London was of the poor knock-off variety.
01 - Waiting for Our Flight at YVR
3) "Springtime for Hitler and Germany means winter for Poland and France ..." We got tickets for The Producers and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Gay dancing Hitler = good entertainment.
4) A sign in the Tube aimed at promoting water conservation proclaimed: "Don't rush to flush if it's just a pee." Sorry, that's disgusting.
5) Our friend Simon who was completing his Ph.D. there took us to a pub. We had to sit outside because it was so smoky inside we couldn't see, much less breathe.
6) We took a daytrip out to Stonehenge (one heck of a rock garden), Windsor Castle (how many people live in that house?) and Bath (no, I took one already, thank you).
7) Scientific finding: touching armrest of Tube seat = touching sweat from 400 people.
8) We enjoyed a wonderful home cooked meal at our friends Annie and Darlene's Canary Wharf pad--a touch of home in London town.
9) Spent a wee bit of time shopping. The only thing stopping us was the fact that whatever we bought would have to be carried through Morocco. Ouch.
Next stop: Morocco Pochocco, the new Japanese anime sensation.
