We were meeting Anna G for lunch at the Tate Modern, so I dropped my suitcase in Paddington and we caught the tube to Waterloo. The wind today in London was bitterly cold, but it was a sunny day so it was a nice walk along the Thames.
Lunch with Anna was great, as she is such a fantastic girl, a great friend, as well as the fact that I totally adore her accent :P unfortunately she had to leave, so Emma and I went over the Millenium Bridge to the grand St Paul's Cathedral. This is such a magnificent building, it has been there since 604AD! It burnt down in 1666 in the Great Fire of London, and was rebuilt... We didnt pay the £14 to get in, but did take many photos.
We wandered our way down Fleet Street - another Monopoly photo for my collection! - and stopped into The George pub for a cheeky pint of .Englands Glory'. Tasted like Lion Red, which was a bit... Anyway! It was a very quaint pub, and had beautiful old artwork around the bar stools. Great contradiction...
We continued on our wander of London's old streets, it was beautiful and I totally love how the old and the new work side-by-side. This is better illustrated in photos, which I will add soon...
I got muchos excited about going into Michael Kors store on Regent St... Not so muchos excited about the price of handbags, but one lady did just walk in while we were there, was recognised by the assistants, picked up a handbag, said 'Oh this is nice, how much' - '£845' - 'Ok, thats not bad' ...........!!!!!!!! Em and I decided this is our future. Ha ha.
Exciting moment of the day: While browsing in Zara, a guy literally RAN out of the store!! The old grey security guard chased him, caught him (somehow) and when they brought him back in, he had the money to pay for the bag of clothes he had, so they let him WALK OUT!!! So odd...
Anyway, as it was windy, cold, and the sun was setting, Em and I made our way back to Paddington, where we said our temporary goodbyes and got excited about the fact we could say 'See you in Vienna!' Then I boarded my train to Heathrow, walked to check in, and thus noticed my flight has been delayed until 11.30.... Crap!
So now I sit, paying £1 per 10 minutes, to use this shitty computer to update my blog :) My nose is blocked, my Pret orange juice isnt helping, so at the end of this session I am going to Boots to get some nose spray...
Aside: I just saw a traditional Jew! Big hat, long coat, long sideburns, the whole shebang!
Anyway!! I'm SO SUPER EXCITED to see Martine that I dont even care that I have to wait in a shitty airport. I may revisit this; however for now I will sign off and HOLAAAA from Rhodes!
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