They grow a lot of blackgrass, real good...
The next day was Saturday and I had the day to myself. To be honest I had mixed feelings. On one hand I got to go see London which was pretty high on my bucket list but doing it alone can be kind of boring....especially eating! I started a text document on my phone with some observations. Maybe I will share those in a later post. I also entertained myself by trying to take selfies with famous monuments. I experimented with many facial expressions (Please see below). I dont know how social media bloggers do it!
I was all ready to get going and I walked out of the front of my hotel and BAM! Farmers market. It was immense and I had to go directly through it which sent me on quit the detour to the train station.
Finally made it to the trains. Navigating the trains and tube the first time was difficult but once I convinced myself that there was a logic to it, I could find the cryptic patterns. By the end of the day I was jumping on and off trains like a Londoner.
St. Pancras station is immense! It is where my train and the underground intersected so I spent a long time walking around this mall.
Off the metro and near Hyde park I started to be bombarded by monuments. I guess if your country has been around forever and you have fought almost every other country you need to have lots of monuments to remember. This was the first on my way to Buckingham palace.
The beginnings of my selfie experimentation. I gave this one my best serious expression.
A nice Indian lady wanted her picture taken in front of the Palace so I obliged, which made me realize "I can ask other people to take my selfies for me"...I guess then its an otherie but she reciprocated. This felt more awkward then the selfie (look how I am standing/holding my hands) so I didn't ask anyone else the rest of the day and resumed me selfie taking
I took a picture of this couples butt. I wasnt creeping, instead I needed proof of there genius. The lady was playing Pokemon Go, as was I. One problem with playing Pokemon Go in London is that you are very likely to get run over or run into by angry immigrants. The man hand a firm grip on her belt loop and was navigating her so she could be fully immersed in the game and not die. I think this is the clearest indicator of love I saw on display. Otherwise I have not seen any British people touch each other.
Some random abbey I stumbled on ;) Trying out my casual happy tourist look.
Parliament... I had been walking for a while at this point and this is my "my legs hurt but I am having fun face"
The Eye over the River Thames. Im fairly Neutral I would say.
This is my "I better move or get run over" face... Also big ben was getting a serious face lift so it looked rather post-modern
I liked this tree and it made me miss Margaret. If she was there she would have been able to tell me about the all of the plants in the gardens that were everywhere.
This tree needed some help. Industrial scale bonsai.
I dont know who this is but they gave him a nice garden full of tulips.
I had to get a picture with one of the four MASSIVE lions in front of the royal gallery. I wanted to ride one like all of the other children but then who would take my picture?
I found 2 real life pikachu protesting the BBC to cover atrocities in Nepal....I don't get it either but they sure were friendly!
These guys were doing a martial art (something like Thai Chi?) Also to raise awareness of something terrible. Come to think of it there was soooooo many protesters in England. Way more then I have ever seen in America. Maybe its because I don't hang out on the Washington Mall.
This is apparently a lightning rod in the middle of the road and shorter then everything else. I didn't bother to investigate it further.
This is the St Pancras Hotel. You can stay there for 250-800 pounds a night.
This is the church next to my hotel in St. Albans. I took a picture of it on my way to get Thai food after I returned from London. It was the nicest place of them all. No damn tourists!
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