Thursday, July 12, 2007

Trip day the 9th; In which little happens

Alright, if you eat only sandwiches, it's possible to eat quite cheaply in London.

I slept in until 2 today. My body seems to be pinwheeling between no sleep and all sleep. Silly thing. (yes, this is all my body's fault. Not because I woke at 7 o'clock and said, "Bugger this"...)

I also really like the feel of the £. It's got some serious weight to it, and it feels pretty damn good to slap that down on a cafe table after consuming a coffee and croissant, and then be able to leave. If I had to, I would say that this is what maturity feels like.

It saddens me that the more I see of the world, the less of it I like. In fact, I think the only bits of it I really like anymore are beneath the feet of people I know. I mean, I whine about London, how expensive it is, blah blah blah, but I think if I moved here, and started earning British pounds, I'd love it. There's a lot more culture, style, taste, love put into this place. I feel like a young girl who started seeing a 30 year old. So much more mature, established, delightful, but I've no idea how to talk to people and my meager savings look really paltry. How can I go back to dating sweaty teenagers (Edmonton)? But all my friends are there! Maybe I will look into the British army. I hear they're way more hardcore then Canada.

Over a red Cabernet Sauvignon that hints of chocolate, and a pumpkin ravioli to die for, I wonder why this country is not permanently soused, given how easy it is to find really good booze here. It seems to be on every street corner. It's certainly in every grocery store.

I feel kind of silly, because I bussed all the way to Cromwell to see Harry Potter, which opens tomorrow. Damnit.
I buy a ticket for the 5:00 show, anyway, delighted to find you pick your seats in advance. I've got a pretty groovy one near the front. Sorry if you wanted me to wait family, but well, drat-it-all, I have to see it in Britain! And then spend the remaining night looking for number 4 privet drive! It's here somewhere!

I've come all this way, though, too far to leave without something, so I buy a ticket to "La vie en rose" the story of Edith Piaf (No-one tell Mike; he'd be so grumpy!).

So I'm bawling my eyes out in the middle of the theater, then humming the tunes all the way home. Really great stuff. Life just poos on this poor woman, to a beat you can dance to.
Afterwards, I finally satisfy my 3 month long craving for Creme Brulee. It was apple and rhubarb flavored, and I have yet to find proof that the joy didn't kill me. (Neither the ride home nor the programming were convincing that I am not in purgatory)

Anyway, I hope for the tower of London before I leave, the day after tomorrow! I'll be able to breakfast in London, then Lunch in Rome! w00t!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're sure getting a wide experience of London, tourist stuff and ordinary stuff. Personally, I think that's the best kind of vacation.
And pumpkin ravioli? So this is more like a dessert than dinner, right? And here I said you'd be eating fish and chips out of newspaper the whole time!
Let me know if you need some extra funds loaded onto your Visa.
Best of luck with the tower!
LOL mapa

Miss Ernst said...

Hey guys. I'll post this here since I don't really have anything happy to say, but I need to talk about it. I just missed my flight to rome. I've booked a later flight, but it's expensive. (not more expensive then staying in rome until a cheap flight comes along, tho). But, I wanna say, PLEASE don't send me any money. I am really hoping to do this trip on my own. It was really tough not to just freak out and call you guys to come save me when I discovered I'd missed my flight,

Miss Ernst said...

but I managed to make this work on my own, and I'm proud of that. (even if it may not be the best way)

and the pumpkin ravioli was more of a "dinner" thing cause it was made out of pumpkin, kinda like how you get spinich chips and stuff.