London was a blast. And y'all get to find out more if you continue reading, as I finally decided to stop procrastinating and update this thing properly. Something I haven't done in a while. So this is how it's going to be. There will be an update for each leg of the journey, some pics and what not. I'm uploading them all on to
this Photobucket Folder which is password protected because for some reason that's how I roll. If anybody wants to look at the bunch and doesn't already have the key, ask and you shall receive. Picture section is at the end BTW, right after the witty banter.
So. Are you ready?
1. The Flight
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Was mostly uneventful. I didn't really suffer from the 11 hour flight for some reason, I was just very comfortable and at some point I fell asleep. All four of us were on the same row of seats which made up for a lot of jokes and nonsense that other passengers might not have appreciated. Their problem.
I should mention that Yazgirl was the only soul that came to the airport to say goodbye, looking adorable in her little dress, and somehow smiling all the time even though I knew she was on the verge of breaking down. I love how strong she can be.
I love a lot less that my sodding friends asked that I buy some sleeping pills that cost me $20 and they never even used them. Jerks.
2. Gatwick.
Why do they even call it "London Gatwick", I mean really, the damn thing is far fucking away. The lady at the information stand even mentioned that. In a much less colorful way. This is what we looked like after the flight and on the train to Victoria:
3. Piccadilly.
Or how to fake a smile when you're actually fucking hungry and tired of going up and down the damn street carrying your bags.
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I think this was pretty much our HQ of sorts. Can't bother to try to remember how many times we rode the tube and heard that nice female voice saying "Piccadilly line". Also one member of the pack was bent on eating some place near that stupid Eros because of some legendary status. That is how we ended up eating a sandwich that cost 9 freaking pounds and wasn't nearly enough to appease anyone's hunger.
4. YHA St. Pancras
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The hostel itself was decent. Small bathroom and stuff but we knew what we were getting into. Or so we thought.
The foulest stench was in the air because of two roommates we had. Deeeaar God they stank. The kind of smell you can almost cut through as you walk, and they had control over the aisle located in front of both the shower and the toilet. We opted to not use them unless it was strictly necessary because DAMN.
There was also an australian old man, probably in his 70s (so much for the Y in YHA, huh?) who went on an oddissey. That was kind of cool. And a smiling african guy we only saw twice.
Right beside the hostel there was a pub, which we hit Sunday night and where I downed 2 pints of beer as well as 3 whisky doubles. What, I wanted to taste stuff!!
5. Food, glorious food
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I will gladly refund anyone who will send me some Weetabix. That thing looks and sort of tastes like chipwood but I somehow grew fond of it and now I crave it. Especially with yogurth. I also got to eat some fish & chips and came to conclude that A) It's ok and B) I freaking hate sweet mustard, no matter what the area code.
Seriously, Weetabix. Question: Does it always come in that sponge-looking form? It isn't very inviting. But it's practical.
6. The Pass.
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Fellow traveler. If you will visit London, get the sodding London Pass. It will save you time and money and a lot of trouble. There, that was our little commercial pause. Seriously though, that thing was useful, and we didn't get the most of it because of our two compadres that stayed with us longer than originally planned. It's a shame, we didn't get to visit the Tower of London or the London Bridge Experience. Or the London Tombs.
But you should visit all them places
7. The Tube.
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I. Love. The. Metro. Don't ask me why, I just like it. In every city that I go that has one, I try to take a ride and this one was nice. We all made a joke out of the constant reminders to "mind the gap". I like to think that no one would be stupid enough as to forget that it is there or anything.
8. Windsor.
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Yes, we visited Windsor Castle, indeed. A couple of extremely blond girls were staring at us at the train station. It was ok at first but after a while it got a little uncomfortable being stared at like you're some sort of muppet which, i guess ok we are but still. So yeah, blond chicks who stared at us: Don't stare, just speak dammit.
The Castle exceeded my expectations. I thought I'd go to church there just to take a look at it but we had a train to catch so that didn't happen. Pity, like I said I really really wanted to go. BTW ice cream is waaay expensive, and I didn't eat it but I expect for the price it should be the most bestest ice cream on the surface of this blue marble!!
9. The Pub.
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Like I said there was a small pub on the corner of the street where our hostel is, so we hit it Sunday night. There was this guy from Bristol there who saw us trying a variety of beers and shared his insight then bought us two rounds of booze. My nameless friend, wherever you may be, thank you so much for the poison, it was much needed. I did give the man my email but i expect he lost it or something. Either way it was good fun and he reminded us not to leave without going to Buckingham Palace, which we did the morning after.
I called Yazgirl while I still was slightly intoxicated from the booze and it was rather amusing. At least she thought so. I wasn't incoherent or anything, it's just not my natural state.
So, in short...
- Weetabix is made of win.
- Talk Mobile = fucking awesome. The only way to call home from the UK. Seriously people, I loooooved my GSM
- Transport is cool but there needs to be a better map available to non natives on the metro! That thing was not helpful
- Those damn wall plugs annoyed me.
- I need to go back and this time I promise not to forget to text or call anyone *cough*Nikhita*cough*
- Regarding that last one, I didn't forget, I just thought it wouldn't be appropriate to call her on a Sunday night to hang out because not everyone is an unemployed bum like me.
- I should have bought more souvenirs
- People should understand that everyone knows that the Changing of the Guard thing is very pretty. That's kind of the reason why it gets fucking crowded. I don't need to hear you repeat it incessantly as I'm trying to record a fraction of it on video, gorrammit!!
- People also need to either get punched or thrown in a jail cell for teasing the said Guards. They're soldiers on duty. Don't be a douche and let them do their job in peace. That means don't try to make them laugh, blink or hug them. Yeesh
And because y'all have been so patient, here they are. Mini pics!!! And I say mini because Photobucket decided it would be fun to resize them into that. At least I guess I should be able to upload them all rather than just a part of the trip 
Thanks everyone for reading this, even more thanks to those who cared to communicate with me during my time in Europe through here or FB. Or MSN. Or twitter.
