Yesterdays explorations saw Mary, Mikey, Jane and I take the boat from the London Eye down to Greenwich. There were so many iconic London sites on the way down and it was a nice change to see them from a boat rather than standing on a crowded street! I'm slowly getting used to the no personal space aspect but it's still a bit overwhelming sometimes :)
Greenwich was really interesting, we learnt all about GMT, telescopes, stars and star navigating:) Very geeky but really interesting :) Will have to try and spot some of the northern hemisphere constalations when we are in the Middle East (definately something that you can't do from London given that I haven't even seen the sun since I've been here! very grey).
Last night I met up with Candice, Sarah and Sarah for dinner. Was great catching up with everyone again and we had a very authentic Italian dinner and then headed across to the pub for a drink. We went via Harry Potter's house and Kings Cross to see Platform 9 3/4 :) We're all young at heart :)
I had a genuine late night London experience on the way home with Kings Cross closed due to a person under the train (the British are very direct with their info!) which meant that I couldn't get on the tube I needed to be on and the line that I wanted to take was closed! Lots of back and forwards between stops later, a bus and another tube line finally got me back. So glad that I had the A to Z with me!
Today Julie and I went around the Campden Markets. It had absolutely everything you could imagine or want :) I made a bit of an impression with the guy selling the fairy lights that Julie bought by asking if they were in series or parallel .... apparently it's not normal for a girl to ask that kind of question! Guess the occupation :)
Off to Jordan tomorrow, yay can't wait to experience the Middle East :)
Hope everyone is having a great Queens Birthday weekend :) Enjoy your short week :)
2 comments:
Annie
We had a wonderful weekend at Whatamango with T & D, P & C, and Si and Alaina (Matt got Laura's vomiting bug and was a no show). Weather was great, the place was great, and whilst we had to go to the pub to watch the rugby, that was great too. Love reading your blog! Have a very safe and interesting trip to Jordon and Syria. Miss you heaps - S
Guessing they were in parallel right? Did enjoy the Greenwich museum when I was there many moons ago... I can't quite remember... but does the 0 degree meridian run through there?
Anyway... hope you are safely on your way to the middle east..
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