Rang Peter last night, he sounds ex cited that I will be seeing him and Liz as i am. It's been so long,but last night when we talked the years just melted away. I don't think he can quite believe how independent I am and that really I am so content on my own.
It's so funny being on my own...it's something I relish! With 4 kids I guess I had forgotten what it is like to be truly alone and responsible for no one else. People are so funny though, they look at you with so much pity to see you on your own in restaurants...but I love it. It's amazing how much food changes when you gan just sit and relish it with undivided attention. Omg though the number of men who try to pick you up is so damn funny. So far I could have had an entire south African rugby team, two American businessmen, one African, one zimbabwean, two German and an adorable Englishman who was captain of the ferry. It's ok Stevo, there will only ever be you...you re my world!!! I eve had to get the concierge of the hotel to tell this very young Italian man Dario to kindly leave me alone...giggilo!!! LOL said he would give me the experience of my dreams...lol he doesn't know my Steve!
stoking up on a hearty breakfast as it comes with the room and saves time at lunch...just deciding the agenda for the day. Maybe Brittish music experience and then shopping. I will know when I hit the station which way I will go...oh freedom to choose my path with no consideration for anyone else...BLISS!!!
Getting around London is so easy and so much fun and people actually talk to you. The odd metal detecctor and xray of the bags at different spots. Got checked at the o2 and the museum
British music experience was great.. I realize just how much I'm into the whole music bit! also realize just how much of a divide there is between England and Ireland. Virtually no mention of u2 even visiting here. definitely shopping tomorrow and abbey road and rock tour.
Oh and I did the tower of london today... I was surprised how much I already knew about, so after wandering through I sat down and just soaked it in. A beefeater came and sat next to me and we chatted a while. He lives on site. he said that some parts are quite eerie at night even to him. HE tested my history knowledge a bit and said I knew more than 99% of the population. He could see why I was more interested in just soaking it all in. I always liked English history.
I walked miles today... See so much more walking. Blitz shelters, dungeons, churches, which I would have completely missed. I often felt that if only walls could talk, what a tale they would tell.
No shows on tonight, so maybe an early one...no pubs open either!
had a nice hot bath to soothe the muscles..going by the maps I walked 15 or more km! Don't feel guilty about having chocolate mud pie for dessert now!
Monday, May 23, 2011
First day in London woohoo
Sitting in a little back garden in a cafe in Greenwich. looking up at the tiny windows and the brickwork and just imagining the history that these little yards could tell. My family were seafarers as were some members of Steve's. Who knows, maybe they were here so many years ago.
I have been blown away by the history. Everywhere I look is history. Places I have heard of, events in time that I have read about. What also strikes me, is that the monuments arent kept away from the people. In Trafalgar Square it was so wonderful to watch people climbing all over the brass lions. It was as if they belonged. Took a ferry down the river. Great move. You get a real sense of a colorful past. I can just imagine my great grandfather arranging his crew in one of the many hotels in Greenwich and had a drink to his history in the Greenwich hotel,
Had a good laugh with some rugby players from south Africa taking photos of an old telep hone booth and I dared them to see how many people they could cram in...lol 7 big guys all with faces pressed up against the glass! Ended up going to the Sherlock Holmes hotel and being shouted my first pint of English beer. I still think it would taste better cold!!
They wanted me to conti nue on in their pub crawl, but alas I want to see so much!
Went to the o'oo line. Heaps of. People gathering there in case the world ends...what a load of crockshit.
trying to ring Peter, but I don't know quite how the numbers work here
So willq go and ask at the concierge. ALways sirens going but expected as its a major road.
Absolutely perfect weather all day, just so clear and warm. The best day!
I have been blown away by the history. Everywhere I look is history. Places I have heard of, events in time that I have read about. What also strikes me, is that the monuments arent kept away from the people. In Trafalgar Square it was so wonderful to watch people climbing all over the brass lions. It was as if they belonged. Took a ferry down the river. Great move. You get a real sense of a colorful past. I can just imagine my great grandfather arranging his crew in one of the many hotels in Greenwich and had a drink to his history in the Greenwich hotel,
Had a good laugh with some rugby players from south Africa taking photos of an old telep hone booth and I dared them to see how many people they could cram in...lol 7 big guys all with faces pressed up against the glass! Ended up going to the Sherlock Holmes hotel and being shouted my first pint of English beer. I still think it would taste better cold!!
They wanted me to conti nue on in their pub crawl, but alas I want to see so much!
Went to the o'oo line. Heaps of. People gathering there in case the world ends...what a load of crockshit.
trying to ring Peter, but I don't know quite how the numbers work here
So willq go and ask at the concierge. ALways sirens going but expected as its a major road.
Absolutely perfect weather all day, just so clear and warm. The best day!
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