Last Night in London

So I'm forcing myself to write this entry as it's my last night in London for a while. My body is starting to fail me, I'm so exhausted from all the partying and site seeing so don't expect anything too well written.

On Friday Kaylee, Laura and I went out and saw all the big tourist attractions. It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect weather to visit Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and Big Ben. We casually wandered through the city, passing through a park where I saw my first squirrel, and slowly worked our way to each place. The thing I'm enjoying most about London though is the pubs, there seems to be one every 100 meters and they always seem to be busy, even during the middle of the day. The atmosphere of London is so different to Australia, I don't know how to describe it. Maybe it's because I get to travel for the next two months, but everything just seems so care-free. No one cares if you stand close to them on the tube or if you are drunk at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Which is fantastic because they're two things I really like to do...

We all went out to Heaven, a popular gay bar near Trafalgar Square, and got very messy. I spent all Saturday recovering before being dragged out yet again by Taize that night. I couldn't stomach any alcohol so I was Sober Sally.

After getting about 4 hours sleep I headed back into the City to meet up with the girls and headed to Brick Lane markets where we met Jess and Jesse. We spent the afternoon wandering around, looking at clothes and accessories and little knick knacks before saying our goodbyes.

So now we're all chilling on the lounges. I'm about to begin packing for my big trip around Europe as tomorrow we go to Amsterdam for about 3 days then on from there. SO EXCITED! Apparently it's a lot hotter out of Britain so it's going to be great to get away from these freezing weather. Until then I'm going to curl up under 20 doona's and think about the sun...

Ciao bella.

Sunny London

Hello all!

So, I made it! London is amazing, I really can't say anything more than that. I love it. I feel so at home and I've only been here for 2 days. I still can't believe it.

I'm proud that I came here all by myself, it was an interesting trip. The airport wasn't as busy and confusing as I was expecting and I managed to get through quite quick and easily. After 26 hours of traveling I was finally greeted at Heathrow by Kaylee and Laura, K almost jumped out of her skin when she saw me. It's so nice to be back with my bestfriend, 6 weeks apart was far too long.

From there I caught the Tube for the very first time and it was amazing, purely because it's the tube. Whizzing past so many stereotypical British houses got me so excited. I couldn't contain myself and kept squealing like a little school girl. We finally arrived at the Regent Park station and continued to walk 5 minutes to K and L's apartment in Oxford.

After standing in the shower for what seemed like hours and prettifying myself we headed out to the City. We found a gorgeous pub that looked like it was older than Australia and enjoyed a big vegetarian breakfast, with a vodka orange of course as I was still on Australian time.

We spent the next few hours wandering around Oxford and Trafalgar Square, moving from pub to pub and enjoying the sites (and attractive people). Eventually we dragged ourselves back home and had a 3 hour nap.

Once I managed to start functioning again I packed a light bag and ventured out on my own. I hopped on the tube and headed to Leytonstone to meet up with Taize. After about 25 minutes I finally arrived and was greeted by him as I headed out of the station. We went straight to his house where I was introduced to his housemates (he has 7) and the predrinking began. At about midnight we headed to Tottenham Court to go to the G-A-Y Late club where we drank many, many drinks that were only 1.70 pounds (that's about $2.50). After dancing for hours and "meeting" people we left at about 4am and caught a night bus back to Leytonstone.

This morning I woke up extremely hungover and ready to go again. By 12 o'clock Taize and I arrived at Kaylee's and Laura's place and by 12.30 we were at a pub drinking again. It's now 5.37pm, there's a vodka and tonic next to me and we're waiting for Taize to finish work and for Jess and Jesse (who arrived this morning) to get ready so we can continue our adventures in London. Tonight we're planning to head to Heaven, apparently one of the more popular gay bars here.

Happy ANZAC Day everyone! And cheers to my Pop, we all raised our drinks to you earlier :)

1 day...

The time has almost come for me to fly off and explore a foreign land. I've said goodbye to my closest friends, my sister, my brother, my niece and my nephews. It's a surreal feeling. Its like I'm going on a weekend trip, but I'm actually moving to Europe for two years.

Talking about my plans fills me with excitement but it hasn't sunken in yet - I feel like I did 6 months ago when I bought my plane ticket. Once my feet walk on British ground I think it will hit me, but until then I'm just going to act like I don't leave tomorrow. So for now I'm going to enjoy my bed and snuggle my puppy while I can.

21 hours and 35 mins to go...