Mind the Gap

Please excuse the time between posts. Blogger.com is fucking with my account and making it difficult to post with ease.

We arrived in London Wednesday as scheduled after a rather pleasant plane ride. Cheers to Ambien! I felt bad for buddy's long shanks cramped in his seat-one of the few times I appreciate my "petite" stature. We did our best to acclimate to the cold and time change right away, forcing ourselves to go out for a pint and stay up until 10pm, setting the clock to rise on time the next morning. Alas, my alarm didn't go off, and we wound up sleeping until 12:30pm, which pretty much screwed up our internal clocks.

We walked all over Covent Gardens, saw Big Ben and walked back to our hotel in Kensington-making random retail walk-through/pitstops along the way to warm up. IT IS FUCKING COLD. Now I realize why people drink so much out here-to numb the pain of the cold. It only took a good 20 minutes of badgering to convince buddy to wear the warm coat.

Off to a torture museum today and eat Ale Pie at one of the apparently chain-based pubs on every corner. Be it the Pig and Whistle, Museum Tavern, The Pillsbury or Red Lion, they all share the exact same menu. The sterling is double the US dollar, putting a slight cramp in my shopping agenda. The power went out in the room for about 4 hours this evening, silencing the endless CNN TV drama about the soldiers in Iran and shitty US music selection. Did I mention that Rick Springfield is no longer top ten? Oh, and it's nice to know that the US isn't the only place with stupid, jackass radio dj's. Being obnoxious comes with the job description.

Off to Paris on Sunday via Eurostar.