Trapped in London… Or not
Well, on Yesterday when I arrived at the train station to go do Edinbrough I discovered I couldn’t (or at least shouldn’t). The flooding up north is bad enough they weren’t sure if I’d be able to actually get there, much less get back.
Instead, I went hung around London for the day. After dropping my gear back at the hostel, I went first to St. Paul’s Cathedral. I actually made it inside this time! Third time is the charm I guess. The view from the top is amazing, though I was reminded of my not all that mild fear of heights. (A steal mesh stair case for the last stage. I know _exactly_ how tall it was.)
After the cathedral, I went back to the book street I’d discovered on my first stop in London. Since I won’t have to be carrying them all over Europe now, I felt free to buy a few books. (Okay, a _lot_ of books.) Spent the afternoon wandering through a lovely collection of bookstores.
After shopping, I stopped and picked up the box of stuff I had mailed to myself so I wouldn’t have to carry it. Then I eat dinner at a decent though not superb Itialian place near Trafalga Square. After dinner, I went back to the hostel and repacked everything into my backpack and the extra expandible duffle I brought with me.
Today, I went out to Stoneheng and then down to Brighton. Stonehenge was interesting in a now-I’ve-been-there way, but I was definitely ready to leave by the time the next bus came. (1 hour) Brighton was so-so. I didn’t really have any objectives in mind so I just walked around for a few hours. Senic, but the beach is terribly rocky and it was cold and windy while I was there. Not a bad stop, but I probably won’t go back. I never did see the gay district, but I saw several same-sex couples walking around right by the train station. That was sorta cool.
Other than that, I spent a lot of time on trains today and got a lot of reading done in one of the sci-fi books I bought yesterday. Overall it was a good day.
— London, 10:58pm local time
June 27th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Hey man…good to catch up on your blog again…i had stopped checking it for a few days. Sounds like you are have fun over there! (or rather, it sounds like you had fun over there…I can’t believe that your trip is almost over…time flys.)
Anyway…safe travels.