9pm Apr 19/06
Hi All,
Just got back from the city, and, as promised, I got thoroughly lost. That is, for about 10 minutes until I broke down and bought a London AZ, and let me tell you, the best 4.95 lbs (I haven't found the pound symbol yet so bear with me) I've spent yet. I walked around for most of the afternoon and saw the sights around downtown London. Starting with my first view of the Thames, en route to Buckingham Palace. I thought I was in Canada again when I saw the Canada geese,
I mean, if they're everywhere, aren't they just geese? From here I wandered towards downtown and stumbled upon the IMechE and had to take a picture. As it turns out, it's just down the street from Big Ben, which once again confirmed that I wasn't still in Canada, after all. Around the corner are Westminster Abbey, and 10 Downing.
From 10 Downing it's just a short walk to Trafalger Square with the monument to Lord Nelson, which I'm sure is beautiful.
Across the river is the London Eye, a glorified ferris wheel really. I didn't go up because I'd prefer a nicer day to do this.
This next shot may come as a bit of a shock to most of you, it certainly did to me. And we thought we had it bad in Canada, that's the price per litre in lbs.
There's actually quite a stir around here about gas prices, the news talks about the 5lb gallon like it's the first horseman of the apocolypse. Anyways, I'm glad I'm not paying for it. Speaking of which, I decided at the last minute to not take my Canada bike across, opting rather to build up a single speed here. I was most likely going to do this anyhow, so I figured it's probably not worth the cost/hassle to take my current bike with me. In my travels today I happened upon a bike shop and went in to gauge costs. The proprieter tried to convince me that it would be cheaper to buy a new singlespeed, but dude, If I can't build a barebones bike for 400lbs there's something wrong with me. I really need to find a place like Weedy's neighbour (Ivan's? Igor's? his name eludes me at the moment) to get a used frame. This endeavor will likely begin once I find a place to live and get settled there. Updates to follow.
This takes me into Clapham, a borough in the southwest where Seb calls home. It's getting lateish so I decide to give him a call to see if he's home from work, nope, he's got a deadline and is having some technical problems. So I get back on the train to Epsom. Holy geez. I guess 6ish isn't the most comforatable time to try to get out of London. The train is rammajammed but clears out by the time I get to my stop.
Dinnertime so I'm looking for a place for a bite. Hello, what's this? You Guelph boys will appreciate this one. How can a place named The Albion be bad? 3.99 for dinner and a pint, this is a place I'll be visiting again.
Anyways, long day so I'm off to bed. Didn't get to look for flats today because I was busy being a tourist - hopefully I'll be able to view some before the end of the week.
that's it for now
ps a few things.
1) i can't understand why they use the units they do, they like miles per litre apparently.
2) almost used to the left-hand driving (as a pedestrian) but I'm still looking both ways before crossing the street.
3) pubs are good
4) contrary to popular belief, everyday items are not much more expensive here than at home. bottles of water for 50p ($1), for example. Rent costs and gas are where they get ya though.
5) without web access it kind of feels like i'm talking to myself here. for you gamblers out there, bets on how long I can keep these novellas up??
cheers
-dan
Hi All,
Just got back from the city, and, as promised, I got thoroughly lost. That is, for about 10 minutes until I broke down and bought a London AZ, and let me tell you, the best 4.95 lbs (I haven't found the pound symbol yet so bear with me) I've spent yet. I walked around for most of the afternoon and saw the sights around downtown London. Starting with my first view of the Thames, en route to Buckingham Palace. I thought I was in Canada again when I saw the Canada geese,
I mean, if they're everywhere, aren't they just geese? From here I wandered towards downtown and stumbled upon the IMechE and had to take a picture. As it turns out, it's just down the street from Big Ben, which once again confirmed that I wasn't still in Canada, after all. Around the corner are Westminster Abbey, and 10 Downing.
From 10 Downing it's just a short walk to Trafalger Square with the monument to Lord Nelson, which I'm sure is beautiful.
Across the river is the London Eye, a glorified ferris wheel really. I didn't go up because I'd prefer a nicer day to do this.
This next shot may come as a bit of a shock to most of you, it certainly did to me. And we thought we had it bad in Canada, that's the price per litre in lbs.
There's actually quite a stir around here about gas prices, the news talks about the 5lb gallon like it's the first horseman of the apocolypse. Anyways, I'm glad I'm not paying for it. Speaking of which, I decided at the last minute to not take my Canada bike across, opting rather to build up a single speed here. I was most likely going to do this anyhow, so I figured it's probably not worth the cost/hassle to take my current bike with me. In my travels today I happened upon a bike shop and went in to gauge costs. The proprieter tried to convince me that it would be cheaper to buy a new singlespeed, but dude, If I can't build a barebones bike for 400lbs there's something wrong with me. I really need to find a place like Weedy's neighbour (Ivan's? Igor's? his name eludes me at the moment) to get a used frame. This endeavor will likely begin once I find a place to live and get settled there. Updates to follow.
This takes me into Clapham, a borough in the southwest where Seb calls home. It's getting lateish so I decide to give him a call to see if he's home from work, nope, he's got a deadline and is having some technical problems. So I get back on the train to Epsom. Holy geez. I guess 6ish isn't the most comforatable time to try to get out of London. The train is rammajammed but clears out by the time I get to my stop.
Dinnertime so I'm looking for a place for a bite. Hello, what's this? You Guelph boys will appreciate this one. How can a place named The Albion be bad? 3.99 for dinner and a pint, this is a place I'll be visiting again.
Anyways, long day so I'm off to bed. Didn't get to look for flats today because I was busy being a tourist - hopefully I'll be able to view some before the end of the week.
that's it for now
ps a few things.
1) i can't understand why they use the units they do, they like miles per litre apparently.
2) almost used to the left-hand driving (as a pedestrian) but I'm still looking both ways before crossing the street.
3) pubs are good
4) contrary to popular belief, everyday items are not much more expensive here than at home. bottles of water for 50p ($1), for example. Rent costs and gas are where they get ya though.
5) without web access it kind of feels like i'm talking to myself here. for you gamblers out there, bets on how long I can keep these novellas up??
cheers
-dan
posted by Dan at 10:55 AM
3 Comments:
Great pictures and text. You have a good way with words! Mom wonders how you are able to get as many pictures in one post. She thinks she's limited to one at a time.
Dad
yeah mark, i have noticed that the RSS doesn't work for me either. I've set it to publish the feed in my profile deally ... any bloggers out there have any suggestions (ben?)
Hey Dan,
We were watching a travel show the other night on London and one of the things they showed was the London Eye. A real closeup plus views from inside as well. Very impressive - you must do that some nice day but take along a Londoner so that they can point out all the sights!!!
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