Archive for October, 2009

Today, we visited central London. We took the tube there. Firstly, we visited the Globe Theatre. It was amazingly pretty! (Photos & Video coming soon)

We then walked to St Paul’s Cathedral, but didn’t enter the place. Instead, we had dinner a snack. I went to Starbucks. I’ve been to Starbucks once in my life, this time was my second time EVER. I had some small sandwich type of thing to eat and a cream-based Frappuccino coffee, which might have been a mistake.

Soon after, we entered St Paul’s Cathedral. We walked through the whole building. Then, as a shock, I was let known that I had to climb up, to the top of the building. The way there was f*cking long. It was absolutely and completely awful. It was kind of worth it though, because the view was one of a kind. You don’t see that every day. But it was ruined by the weakness in my knees as I am absolutely terrified of heights.

After I returned from there, my legs were so weak, they were shaking and I couldn’t stand up properly. By the time I was down, my feet were killing me! Honestly, I’ve had to walk long distances. But this was a bit too much for me today.

But this wasn’t it! THIS was just the beginning.
We then visited the Tate museum, that’s name reminded me of Catherine Tate, the actress. But the art inside there was sh*t. There was a video-installation which had video from 5 different sources pointed to the screen at once and one had a naked guy beating himself with a plastic bag in a bath. Also, there was a painting, which was mostly red, but had a white stripe at one side, but the work’s title amazed me most: “Adam and Eve.” What the?

Contemporary art? No. Can’t be. If that’s art in today’s world, then today’s world is not a world I would like to live in.
Mona Lisa’s art. Picasso’s creations were art. Those were blobs of ink with no meaning whatsoever with a somewhat meaningful title, sexually explicit and retarded videos projected onto a wall or just plain weird stuff…

We then took the tubes to the Sainsbury’s store closest to our hostel. We bought a pizza for two people, of which half is left to this moment. We walked to our hostel, but got lost. Thanks to my iPhone and it’s built in GPS and OffMaps (offline maps, no internet needed), we soon found our way.

We had an hour to rest, eat and change till we went for a walk in Central London. By the time we were done, I was in such Agony I had to take painkillers. I took two ibuprofens and a paracetamol to stop my stupid feet from hurting way too much. My feet felt fine then… For about 10 minutes or so. Then I returned to agony. And past agony. And way past agony. Until I started shouting at my friends, who were being annoying pricks at the time. We took the tube to Central London, where we walked, walked and walked. It was late in the evening already. Now, everybody’s feet were hurting. We saw buckingham palace, in the dark. F*cking pointless. Hyde park and other parks in the area were creepy.

We took the tube back to the hostel. The ride took long, but at least we could sit down during it. When we got out, half of us were limping and everyone except a few people were walking very slowly.

Now, we are back at our hostel, and soon, probably, getting some sleep.

I wish tomorrow didn’t have this much walking. But I have a feeling my wishes won’t be fulfilled.

I’m in London right now.

I am in a room with two other people. I’m in a cheap hostel. It has wi-fi, but I had to pay for it. £15. The sheets are clean, the bed is somewhat comfortable.

London is f**king huge! No, seriously. HUGE!

When I arrived at Stansted Airport, which was f*cking huge, we went on a bus, which took us right to our hostel.

At the hostel, we immediately went grocery shopping to Sainsbury’s. It was a smaller store, but MY *~love~* was it expensive! £2.50 (~$4.50) for two 2Litre (1/2Gallon) Coca Colas… that’s robbing people! But we really didn’t have an alternative as it was the only thing available in the neighbourhood.

Then we returned, with two minipizzas, four croissants, two 2L cokes and a bread. I cooked one of the mini-pizzas in the small oven… for a minute: it was insanely hot afterwards.

We then returned to our rooms. I went to buy the Wi-Fi access while my mates were taking a shower or something…
First impressions:
London:
Huge, Pretty, Expensive, Glamurous

The Hostel (Clink):

Small rooms, Okay service, Cheap, Nice bed sheets, etc.
The WiFi:
Expensive (£15/week), Average Speed (1Mbit/s up/down), Fast browsing…

Stay tuned for more…