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Published: June 19th 2011
PLANE
Over London, 40,000 feet, 500 miles an hour, pretty cloudy.First thoughts, no different than Toronto, except everyone sounds smarter and more sophisticated when they speak to you. Then there's the whole everyday is opposite day thing where everyone drives on the opposite side of the road, you can tell the tourists cause they all walk on the wrong side when trying to pass someone on the sidewalk. You know, that dreaded moment when you are face to face with another human walking in opposed directions on a sidewalk that's too small, your eyes lock and you know you'll have to choose a side once you two meet, and you know you can't simply rely on the others intuition to move to the right while passing, as such, you choose to go off body language, unfortunately so does he, and you end up engaged in this awkward waltz in the middle of the sidewalk. So with that in mind, is the intuitive thing in London to pass on the left? It was a quandry for the ages and continually debated upon between my sister and I at various points of the day. In particular the time between seeing St. Paul's Cathedral and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the time spent getting lost.
Phone booth of awesome!
It wont transport me through time, or sink into the ground as a secret entrance ... nor will I use it for it's intended purpose either ... it's a toilet right? (Smells like one) Extremely helpful people though, more so than in Toronto, if we stand still with map in hand and audibly decry our frustration over the rediculous layout of the streets, invariably a kind passerby will offer directions, without the need to be acosted by my sister or I. And let's not get into the street problems, I swear from the moment I am writing this I shall never, NEVER! bemoan the city streets of home again, I thought arbitrarily defined one way streets and the odd mishapen intersection was bad, sweet Jesus urban planning is a concept foreign to the progenators of the beautiful yet maddeningly complacated city of London, it needs to be seen to be believed, it is shocking! Mind boggling! And the tell tale sign of bad roadway planning is when they have to paint, on the ashfault, for pedestrians, which way to look before crossing, and I dont blame them because trust me, it is not a simple task, it is near impossible to know, upon arrival at a street light, from which direction the traffic will come! And the street signs! Half the time non existant, otherwise very well hidden, but all just slapped onto the
Rainy London
Beautiful city, horrible weather! side of a building within the general vacinity of the street. It's a bloody game to see who can find the street sign first at any given intersection.
Oh yeah and the cathedral was intense as well. Georgeous architecture, and many monuments to dead generals who regularly kicked ass. There is no space in thr city left barren, all such filled with statues honouring the military prowess of the ass kicking dispensers of old. Plus a mass half in Latin with a full choir. No photos allowed, and they separated us tourists from the regular attending congregation. But Alyssa ninjad some shots, no flash, no focus light, and shooting from the hip in continuous shooting mode. It will probably end up a cavalcade of holy blurry awesomness!
We walked, alot. I can't put a number to it because the backtracking alone (the unfortunate result of the mangled mess of streets) would be shocking I'm sure. My feet feel like slabs of meat just soaping down on the pavement at the end of a stump that miraculously was holding me up by the end of the day. Thank god for movie theatres, after circling a giant Imax only glass
Odeon Theatre, London
Biggest screen and greatest sound EVER!!! monolith without finding an entrance we received directions to Leicester Square. The heart of night life, large amounts of humans visiting large amounts of small pubs. No vehicles, just a crowded mess of tourists and locals, and at the center, the Odeon Theatre, London's answer to Garumon's Chinese Theatre, a towering complex, THE theatre for film premiers. Host to one of the most advanced digital projectors on the largest screen I've ever seen, and the greatest sound system these ears have ever bore witness to, puts real life to shame. And we ended the day there, watching Green Lantern in 3D, I have no need to watch another film in my life, I've achieved the zen of movie going. And at 18 Pounds each, that's 36 pounds for the both of us, nit to bad for 2 people to experience cinematic bliss, oh wait, that's right, I said POUNDS, that's 60 dollars Canadian. Yeah, I wonder if my travel Inssurance covers a cat scan? But seriously, an awesome movie seen as every human should be so lucky.
Well, 2am now (at time of writing on my iPhone, please forgive lack of photos and mistakes in the post as I'm
ME!
Here we go ... just slapping this online on my mobile via rubbish wifi, and can't be bothered to gaff about with this right now ... Yay I'm speaking like them already!),
Well my alarm is set for 7:30, free breakfast (Awesome!) then another fun filled adventure awaits!
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