London: Day 1 and 2

What a whirl in the city!!

And boy were we tired. When we first arrived we napped for a good long time. I was able to finally get Jackie out of bed around 10 so we could shower and decide what to do for the day.

Knowing she likes things that are more unusual or eclectic, I first showed Jackie Camden Town, a bristling area of North London with one of the best arrays of random and cheap stuff that one can find. Still pretty exhausted that filled our first day before we tubed home to Chiswick, the area in which my good friend Ed lives.

Day 2 was a late start because I realized that after Dublin we needed to book our travel south through England before we did anything else. After much stress all of the trips fell into place once we got to Edinburgh...3 days there, a few in Manchester with Tom, a bit of time to visit Matt in Bristol, then a quick few days back in London before we depart for Brussels to spend the rest of the time on the continent.

Anyway, day 2 then included a visit to the shops and street performers at Covent Garden, a quick walk along the Thames to get to an Alumni interview! Siana graduated from Marshall College at UCSD and scored a sweet job doing research on US Immigration for a law firm the job was flexible enough that when she and her then boyfriend decided to pick up and move to Europe, she was able to keep the job and work from home in London! (The husband is now a boyfriend and they have a 7 month old son!) So cool!

After the interview Jackie and I toured my favorite gallery in London the Tate Modern before we met with another past UCSD international student Phil. Phil and I first got to know eachother during fire week at UCSD when he, 3 other English students (Matt, Ed, and Tom) and I rented a Mustang and drove to my 'cousin' King's house north of Santa Barbara and then celebrated Halloween in Isle Vista.