Day 3 was another late start (this jet lag is rough!) Then we went to have lunch with my friend Lauren (met during my summer living in London), explored Covent Garden a bit more, and then visited the Photography Gallery which had a show of Sally Mann's work. Jackie's a photographer so we'll be seeing a lot of photo museums I presume. Next we went to the beautiful Victoria and Albert Museum which hosts an
incredible array of world-wide antiques, art, and cultural pieces in one fantastic building. If you go to London, you must visit this museum. It was like the Roosevelt College General Education course, Making of the Modern World, wrapped up into a museum of cool artifacts instead of a 6-quarter class sequence.
That evening a whole group of my old friends was planning to go out in Camden but as per Matt, plans changed last minute and we went out in Brick Lane instead. Brick Lane seems to be the new trendy area to go out in London and on a Friday evening people were dressed in an array of attires from after-work suits to going-out-dancing attire. My favorite thing to drink England is the hard cider, its honestly the most delicious alcoholic beverage one can consume. After a wonderful few hours of sitting on the cold cement floor we found a table that had ordered a round of beers that didn't come until they left. And so we had more drinks and for free! Thing was, we needed to catch the last Tube to get home so when I realized the time we had to sprint out of the pub to the station...only to find the doors being closed. It wouldn't have been an issue as there are night buses that run the same routes as the tube, but Brick Lane is not somewhere I know and is also the most opposite side of the city we could have gone to from where we stayed. and my phone was threatening to die. Through great fortune I was able to get in touch with Matt (via a call to his brother because Matts phone also died) and we were able to be hosted by Chris (the brother) for the night. We even got our own bed to sleep in!
Day four and our last in London had another lazy start before as we packed up to leave. Ed hung out with us for a while and we drove to the city to visit Hyde Park. With ducks frolicking for bread bits and paddleboaters moving slowly across the water I wanted to take another nap but instead Jackie and I did some acroyoga before it was time for Ed to take off and for us to get to the train station for our ride to
Gatwick airport.
Gatwick by the way is a Treck from London. It was about an hour bus ride but its reasonably affordable at about £7. We slept along the way.
As far as Dublin goes, I hope Anna can find us at the airport because I don't have her phone number. And it seems our flight is delayed...
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