You ever have those days when your plans just don't go to plan, today was one of those days. Plans to see inside places like London Tower and St Paul's Cathedral, yeah didn't quite happen, well didn't happen at all. I got lost again, well not lost just couldn't find what i was looking for, yeah ok lost. But not bad oh my god I'm lost, more ooh this is nice but it's not what I'm here for. Today i went west? I think? That's how it was today. Some signs pointed me in the incorrect direction, so i will write a letter to the queen, dear Lizzie, i have a nine bone to pick, as a member of the commonwealth i would like to share with you my dissatisfaction to some signs around Chelsea. Yes Chelsea! Or zone 2 as my sore feet are calling it.
I took the tube to Regents Park, then walked alongside of it, not knowing what park it was, looked big! I was out looking to see the parks further north today and see Kensington Palace, then head into see St Paul's and Tower Of London. Firstly the parks are bloody huge, took longer than i thought, though i did get some interesting foliage and autumn photos. It was a really lovely walk, and i believe everyone should see London in autumn, but if i come back in another season I'll say that too. The colours are simply stunning, the lush green grass, squirrels running around like crazy and yellows, reds and oranges of the dead leaves littering the ground, gives it an amazing feel, it's nothing like anywhere I've been. It doesn't feel like a city, it doesn't feel like London, but it is and that's what so great about it! To remind yourself I looked right, double decker bus, ahh London. So much beauty in so many ways!
So i got to the Palace, don't bother, the walk was stunning but don't go there for the Palace, it's just an expensive house near what looked like embassies or diplomat houses. NO PHOTOS. But then walked around the streets, came across Madame Taussades, wow what a line! I'm happy I saw the exhibition in Sydney. And that was well worth it! Next stop food no guessing how i chose to find food....... Walking! There is food everywhere, and i got lost, walked down a few wrong streets, thanks to the incorrect signage queeny! And ended up, just past Kensington Olympia, and searching for the tube station, sign said stay on this street where in fact it was right, but i managed to walk around some very quaint neighborhoods, with just street after street of these cute terraced houses. I could live there for sure, a lot of nice cars around, quiet, classy with a taste of simplicity. The simple life, in London, sounds too good to be true. After i found the tube station, hopped on hoping to get to see tower or St Paul's but light was starting to fade and some rain clouds were on the horizon. My aim is to learn and capture what I've learnt in photographs. So the light was playing against me, so it will have to be saturday or sunday morning. I still have time in the city to do more stuff, nothing at night, just during the morning hours. Tonight there is rain about, I'm very happy i fought tiredness to get out and take some shots of London by night. I probably walked about 12 hours yesterday, today only 8 hours. Man do i need a good massage, a proper one too, not one of those dodgy Thai ones! And a song comes into my head......and it's only the beginning! So tonight will be a relaxed one, dinner and some treats, ahhh the UK know how to make sugar stuff. Cadbury and pepsi taste different to me, and it seems cheaper, got a bottle of evian for 59p, that's like $1.10. And yes I'm aware that evian spelled backwards was naive. This is just the start of an amazing trip, thank you to all my friends for keeping in contact with me. I hope the blog is doing justice to all of the feelings and emotions I'm feeling. It is a great city, with so much heritage, so much grandeur and it's lots of fun to be here. I know first thing Monday morning I'll be off, heading to Norway for the next big part, the expensive part. Killer whales, the northern lights and bobsledding!
But i haven't left yet. So what's from here on, well tomorrow a day i have been looking forward to my whole life. Manchester United at Old Trafford! A dream will be realised. They are playing Tottenham Hotspur a top 4 team last year, a big game, sold out! I'm very excited, I'd put big kev to shame right now! i would also like to see the champions league and arsenal games later when i get back to the UK, but I will be spending time with some very good friends (Gina and Steggles) when they are on, one i haven't seen for years! And time with them is certainly more important to me than another football match! I'll get my football fix when i get back to the 2,000 crowd at skilled park to watch GCU!
So the PLAN is to head to the station to pick up my train ticket to Manchester, see the inside of something, don't want to plan which one for obvious reasons. Then off to trafalgar square where they are hosting a fan zone for the NFL match on Sunday. 49ers legends, current players will be there as will our crazy coach Mike Singletary! Heaps of stalls, performances by the 49ers cheerleaders and much much more. I'll be there for an hour before heading to Manchester for the match. The word excited gets thrown around a lot in this blog, and for good reasons!
I'M EXCITED!!!!!!
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