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Today's first full day of London included firstly, a massive sleep-in. Upon awakening, my family took me into London Central to see a show called Stomp which had been playing in theatres for years. I was amazed at the longevity of plays in London, various shows have played for years. Travelling on the train from Hampton through to Waterloo was quite interesting. Walking through Waterloo onto the main concourse area, I was overwhelmed by the sheer mass of humanity. Coming from little 'ole Katikati, this was indeed a culture shock. We took a few tube lines also which was rather an interesting (read: claustrophic experience). The efficiency of public transport there is awesome. I could find my way around easily with the signage and guides. The walk to the show included walking over several iconic bridges, including Westminster. They have now erected a barrier between the walkway and the road for obvious reasons. Sad this needs to be done, alas. The London Eye looked quite impressive, even more so by night. The whole face of London looks completely different by evening. Strikingly beautiful with the myriad lights casting upon the river Thames. I was entranced by the palette of colour in
London. We walked through Trafalgar and Leicester Square amongst other place. I was awed by the stunning architecture, the buildings just hold so much history, and look completely different to anything I'd seen in New Zealand. I think my family found it amusing how enchanted I was by everything, where they not even so much as bat an eyelid at the splendour before them. I guess it is how we would act in our homelands with all our greenery and pristine beaches. We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Leicester Square, and proceeded to go to the show, which was amazing. It was a percussive show with the performers using everyday objects to make music, very unusual, yet fantastic experience. After the show we walked back across the bridge and had a drink by the river Thames, and I felt like this is a city I could love and be very happy in. Whilst drinking a G&T, The Smiths were playing in the background and I felt like this was shaping up to be a very remarkable holiday indeed. The spent an evening with my friend Elle from New Zealand who has been living in Kentishtown. We went to
a rather nice place in Shoreditch called the Blues Kitchen. Some amazing live music, and some excellent covers of bluesy classics (Stevie Ray Vaughan and the like). Reminded me so much of Wellington, but on steroids. Some very early morning finishes (1-2am every night I was in London!) I am off to Cologne now to climb 500 plus stairs to the top of the Cathedral, so I best dash off. My entry to Brussels will follow soon with a tonne of photos and gushing remarks about the otherworldly architecture of the city. But for now, I bid you lovely New Zealand folk, adieu!
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Robyn Dassler
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Good one Bexs.
A feast of Literacy awesomeness. I particularly liked Tower Bridge all lit up. It was purple when we were there. Enjoy.