London

Today didn't start very well. I thought that my plane was at 8:30, but it turned out that the plane left at 8:30. I realised this when I was waiting at Europa bus station for the airport bus to come at 7:00 am. That would have put me there in plenty of time for the supposed flight. But it is 6:30 and I decide to take the �25 taxi trip to make the flight. I figured that I would get there at around 7:05 and would be able to make the plane. Turns out EasyJet closes check-in half an hour before the plane leaves. I got to the airport at 2 mintues after 7 and was told that I had effectively missed my flight. Oh boy did that suck. I had to wait until the 10:55 flight (almost four hous later). Oh well, I had a good book, so I settled if for the next 2 hours before I could check-in. 9 o'clock rolls around and I go to check-in. Remember, I am carrying 2 and a half months worth of clothes plus the stuff that I had accumulated over the summer, turns out I am 11 kilos over the weight limit. At �4 pound a kilo I decide to try an do a little repacking. I get it down to 3 kilos too heavy and the counter lady takes pity on me and says to just do better next time. I get on my plane and go to London.

The rest of the trip was a piece of cake. I got to the hostel no problem. I spent the afternoon and evening wandering around Hyde Park and figuring out the Underground. I visited the Princess Diane memorial fountain. It was a nice tribute, but it did look bigger on TV. I crashed hard that night and woke up with a stuffy nose the next morning.

Monday

Stupid nose. I don't know if I am sick or allergic to British people. It has been running all day and hasn't stopped. Anyways, I got up around 8:30 when the rest of the rom started to move around. I had my berakfast and looked at my map to try and figure out how I was going to spend the day. The Underground makes eveerything easy to get too. Just get a whole day pass for �4.50 and hop on and off as much as you want. The first thing I did was get my ticket for The Phantom of the Opera. I went down to Leister Square and got it at the Tkts booth (yes, that is Tkts, and no it is not misspelled). I got a front row ticket. With my main goal for the day accomplished, I set off for Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. Westminster was impressive. The thing that got me the most was that almost every stone in the floor was a dedicated to someone's death. It felt as if you were walking on graves, something that I have never been all too comfortable doing.

Queen's Mews
Buckingham Palace
National Portrait Museum

Tuesday

Got my ticket for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
couldn't see Chicago since Hasselhough was in it
British Museum
walked from Westminster to Tower Bridge
The Globe tour
Joseph

To do next time:

see a play at The Globe
see The complete works of shakespere