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mrs_ladybird) wrote2009-05-27 07:25 pm
mrs_ladybird) wrote2009-05-27 07:25 pm
I'm Here!
I'm in England! It took me a long time to get here, I left work at 5pm yesterday to head to the airport and finally checked into my hotel at 5pm today which was noon Canada time. My flight was delayed which then delayed my bus. The good news is that I managed some sleep on both the flight and the bus...so I'm not in bad shape. How I sleep tonight will determine how my jet lag will go I guess. I usually adjust to this kind of stuff easily though, so I'm hoping this time is the same. Dan met me here at the hotel shortly after I arrived. We went for a walk and he showed me the convention center where his conference is. There are also all kinds of pubs and restaurants there, so he sat with me while I ordered and started eating my dinner. I got a chicken, leek & ham pie with chips, peas & gravy. I really wanted a hot meal and this was cheap and tasty!! Dan left just before I was done to head over to the conference formal dinner. I decided not to go, for several reasons. It would have been nearly $60 for a ticket for me, I'm tired, and it likely would have been boring conference talk anyway. I'm happy to be fed and back in the hotel now, which is 7:30. I plan to have a hot shower and get into my PJs and spend the rest of the evening surfing around online and watching TV!
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This trip is not a vacation. It's a scouting mission for MY vacation... got it? ;)
Oh.. yeah. Hope you're having fun and all that. :)
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So far so good on the fun/enjoyment front too!
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The restaurants were great in general! More affordable than we'd planned on overall. You can get a decent meal at a pub for less than £10 including a pint. You can get really tasty and unique sandwiches at any convenience store or tube station if you're eating on the go. Also, we found lots of cool fresh sandwich shops that were also affordable. Like £3 for a fresh baguette sandwich. Yum!
The tourist spots were busy. It was like being at an amusement park or something, we found the same thing in Rome. For anything that needs a line, go first thing in the morning. We went and looked at the London Eye our first day around 5pm and there was a 3 hour wait. We went back our last day and were there just after the ticket office opened and the only wait we had was for the next empty pod to come down for us to get in. Plus, our pod was less than half full, which menat it was easy to walk around and get all different views for pictures. Normally they cram about 20 people into one!
Also, a lot of the tourist hot spots were covered in scaffolding or otherwise under repair. They're cleaning the city up for the 2012 olympics to be there.
Hmm...anything else I missed?
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I'm still trying to figure out if I can even afford it at this point (especially if I get the condo). It may have to wait a bit longer. We'll see.
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How did Dan's speech go yesterday? Have a great time together!!
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Thanks! :)
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