A walking tour of London
Today was spent walking around London visiting different places and viewing most of them from the outside. Our gracious tourguide was a certain Mr. Jonathan David Wong (JD) who's apartment we are staying at. We started from the apartment and headed to LSE, whose building's were marked with only a small black sign with "LSE", which if you weren't looking for it would be easily missed. From there we went to Covent Garden to be entertained by some buskers and attempt to browse the stalls through the throng of people. After this activity we stopped for lunch which happened to a huge potato smothered with melted cheese.
Feeling rejuvenate, we continued our stroll to The Thames across a certain cold and windy footbridge to the London Eye. From there we went to Big Ben and the parliament, Westminster Abby and St. James Park. The trek continued to Trafalgar square at which point we felt it necessary to stop for tea (2 hours of walking is a lot).
In the afternoon, we headed to a pub to catch the Arsenal Vs Chelsea match on television. Something interesting to note is that despite Highbury being only about 5 miles away, the match (on TV) feels just the same as being 5000 miles away. Some other lessons learnt include the proper usage of the British term for referee: f***ing w***er. The match ended 2-2 and from the crowd reaction at goals, its evident that in Holborn, Arsenal fans outnumber Chelsea 10 to 1. But who likes those rich b***ards anyway?
Feeling rejuvenate, we continued our stroll to The Thames across a certain cold and windy footbridge to the London Eye. From there we went to Big Ben and the parliament, Westminster Abby and St. James Park. The trek continued to Trafalgar square at which point we felt it necessary to stop for tea (2 hours of walking is a lot).
In the afternoon, we headed to a pub to catch the Arsenal Vs Chelsea match on television. Something interesting to note is that despite Highbury being only about 5 miles away, the match (on TV) feels just the same as being 5000 miles away. Some other lessons learnt include the proper usage of the British term for referee: f***ing w***er. The match ended 2-2 and from the crowd reaction at goals, its evident that in Holborn, Arsenal fans outnumber Chelsea 10 to 1. But who likes those rich b***ards anyway?
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