London (May 28-30 2005)

Because of the delays leaving Barcelona, by the time we got from the airport to downtown London the subways had stopped running. Also, the buses take exact change only. And nothing around us was open save for a sandwich shop with a lineup wrapped around the building, and a newsstand with a surly vendor.

Despite the various hurdles we faced whilst traipsing through Europe, most notably, the language barriers; England proved to be the most trying experience of all. We were simply unable to convey our need for change to the surly vendor, even after purchasing something. Truly frustrating.

Later that day we met up with Aasthaa & Raeka and a various assortment of Waterloo peeps that were over in England/Ireland for co-op. We did some sightseeing. Some clubbing. That's about it. Nothing eventful. Absolutely nothing else to that story.

Two of Aasthaa's friends, Jeff & Cip, invited us to crash at their place the next evening, and the merriment continued as I celebrated my birthday in my birth city[ish].

Here are some various shots along the way

For D$:



The beginning of the end, not going on the London Eye.



The next day at Generator; part-hostel, part-star trek.



London Bridge



Random stuff including passing through some medieval faire, covert experimental jazz dancing footage, and just some lazy comedy.

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Camden Markets



Bah?



The crew minus 2.



As a mark of respect, please keep off the monument [Nice Parenting]



Green Park, near Buckingham Palace.

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It was an amazing trip, start to finish, and now I can write the final paragraph.

179 days. ~67000 km. ~50 cities. 15 countries.
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
I just wanted to say thanks to my sister, my parents, my relatives, and my friends that helped make the trip possible.

We now return to the regular blogging, already in progress.

Fin.

about England, from Canada