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Published: August 3rd 2006
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Hello?
Ya, ya its me! I'm in London! Well, I'm not in Kansas anymore.... or Alberta for that matter..... I'M IN LONDON ENGLAND!!!!! Holy cow!!!
Havin a ball so far! Sorry never got to update this sooner but I really just havnt had the time! I got in yesterday afternoon and had to find my way to the Royal National, a hotel in Russel Square. Well, after my second lap around the square being unable to find this building (which is quite huge by the way) I asked a very pretty lady who was waiting to cross the street if she knew where it was. She said she never heard of it before (oh great!) but she invited me up to her office in the Bristish Museum to check out a map on the internet! Sweet as! And funny enough... she was a Canuck from BC who had been living in England for about 5 years! So she drew me a little map, walked me back downstairs and set me off in the right direction! I heart Canadians... even when they are not in Canada! 😊 happy days (turns out the hotel was down a side street... note to self check this kinda stuff out before setting off
with a huge pack on your back!)
So I got settled, met my roomies (2 nice chickies from Aussie, Hannah and Tanya), and got ready to go meet a few of my tour mates for a drink. Ended up frying my straightener (i really hope its fixable... it was my good one!!!) because I don't think my converter is working properly. Shit. Oh well, life goes on.. even if you have frizz ass hair! Luckily Tanya let met use hers yay 😊
We were suppose to all meet up at Oxford Circus at 830 and well Mindy and Krystal (from Australia) were there... but Ash and Shaun (also from aussie) were no where to be found. They ended up strolling up around 930 with a random couple of frenchies from Switzerland! hahah good times. we found a pub and ordered up some Carlsberg. Great stuff if you ask me! Happy days! After that we switched to Kronenbourg 1664 but I didnt like it as much as the Carlsberg. Whatevs... still drank it! Everyone was ready to call it a night by then but I still hadnt eaten anything so Shaun and I set off to find some food.
Me, Johnny and Shaun
Ya, we go waaaay back We kinda broke into a pub that was closed along to way to use the bathroom (well they were the ones who left the door open! silly them!) and eventually found our way to 'maccas' (mcdonalds). mmm food! Then just went back home and went to bed.
Woke up bright and early at 330... not by choice tho (STUPID TIME CHANGE!)!! Tossed and turned and the last time I looked at my watch it was 600am. Next thing ya know its 945 and shaun is banging on the door. shit. i was supposed to meet shaun and ash in the lobby at 9am to do the Big Bus Tour!!!!! So I raced around and met them downstairs at about 10 (i guess we are even now since they were an hour late last nite and I was an hour late this morning!!). Since the weather was kind of overcast and we had a late start we decided to just meander around the city and do the Bus Tour tomorrow.
First went to Madam Tussauds Museum. Its a giant wax museum! it was expensive (like £27) but it was sooooo worth it!!! Lots of great pics! Unfortunately I cant
upload them on this computer (i'm at a bar in Shepard's Bush haha) but i will post them as soon as I can!!!! Then we found a pub that had a sign out front stating they 'probably' had the best fish and chips on Baker street.... we liked those odds so we took them up. And they were pretty dang good. Chilled there for a bit, then took the tube to Oxford Circus. Did a bit of browsing at the shops on Oxford Street. So fun but so expensive! Then we went to Harrods... a very very very upscale department store. All along the street outside were porsches, ferraris, bentleys, rolls royces and lanbourghinis. yep not even kidding!! crazy! Of course we couldnt afford anything there but it was still fun. Then walked back towards Piccadilly Circus (like Times Square in NY) and did some shopping at Piccadilly Market. After that we came back to Shepards Bush and here we are, enjoying 2 for 1 coronas! happy days hahaha!
well I think we are gonna go off to find some supper. tomorrow we are going to go on the Big Bus tour of London and check out Buckingham Palace,
Tower of London, and all those other great touristy places! sweet!!! Hopefully I will be able to come on to update and put up some piccies!!
Hope everyone is doing well! I'm outtie!!
BYE!!!! XOXOXOXOXO
-amberleenie =)
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Hair Straigthener!!!
Oh the humanity. I am glad to hear all is well. I wish you many great hair days :)