Oxford and London

Here is my post for my last two stops. I hope you guys enjoyed my posts from the UK. I have one last one after this one of random things and pictures. 

Oxford

 

LONDON

UK Stories & Pictures

This is my last UK post... For now at least. Here are all the pictures I have from my trip (all the way at the bottom). Also some random items from the trip.


I was been burned a few times in the UK. Here are a few UK stories.

- A guy asked me if I spoke English and said yes. He asked me a question and I said what. He walked off with an attitude. My friend was like you should have said no you speak American (burned).

- I was asked if I would like my food for here. Me: Can I have it to go. The guy at the counter: 'what'. Me: to go. He looked at me confused and asked me if I would like it 'Take way'... umm yeah.

- I asked a bartender at a club where the restroom was. Bartender: What. Me: Bathroom Bartender: What. Me: Toilet. Bartender: oh, upstairs on the left.

- Mark: I wonder what they do in there. Me: I am sure they have offices in there. Mark: I wonder what they do. Me: IDK How em i suppose to know. whatever it is they do in a fucking palace....? Both: lmao

-toilet/bathroom are separate rooms

- don't use preservatives. Bread taste great

- No added crap to foods. Crisps (chips) ingredient list: potatoes, sunflower oil, salt.

Reading words and thinking they are spelled wrong or weird: use the toilet, mind the gap ( instead of watch your step) Colour, TK Max, Chips (fries), Crisps (chips), Baguette (Sub), fussy, cheers, yeah, naughty, centre

I am sure I missed a lot of things but I am sure you all get the point. I had a blast and the UK was fun.

Random UK Videos
Squirrel

Oxford Singers

3D Glass Image

Occupy Liverpool

Liverpool Apartment 

UK Pictures. Mark has most of the good ones but here is what I have.

London I


Birmingham


Liverpool


Manchester


Oxford


London II

Day one and some

I landed in London yesterday. The flight was ok but my sinuses are horrible. The plane food was worth forgetting. It was a good thing I decided to buy some before takeoff.

After landing and waiting for my friend to meet me I got my first ride on the"tube". (I thought of you Nicole when the voice said "Mind the Gap"). We went to his house dropped off my stuff and hit the streets.

First up was business. Went to the bank to get some £. Followed by a trip to get a sim card ( on the UK grid officially).

We didn't do any sight seeing just walking around Central London. It is crazy how so many of the things in London remind me of NYC. A great public transit system and a large amount of people to start with. The shops (although different brands) and atmosphere are very similar. People singing in the underground (subway). It is clearly different when it comes to other things like they drive on the other side of the road and a lot of the public busses are double deckers not too mention the people talk funny (lol). People here also seem to be nicer.

While wondering the streets of London I got a couple souvenir shot glasses. I also went to look for Elmer and Wilbur the elephants for a friend. The first store we walked into had the books but not the stuffed animal :( I was looking for. We also stopped by the chemist to get some sinus medicine.

We headed back home after that. After 48 hours with only about 4 hrs of sleep I was ready to catch some Zzz. To bad my sinuses kept me up.

Today is just rested and spent sometime with my friend's mom. We are heading to Birmingham to meet up with another friend to start some real fun. To bad we missed our original bus and have to wait 2 hours for the next one.

Hopefully my entries will be a little more exciting going further. As of right now the plans are go out tonight, shop tomorrow, go out tomorrow night, travel to Liverpool, sight see, go out again, head back to Oxford or London and do more sight seeing. Check out some pictures so far.

Oh and Baby Cam is here. Congrats T!! I can't wait to meet her.

Trip To London.

So, I am going to London for A week. I am sitting in the DC airport with a 6 hours layover waiting for my  departure flight Heathrow. I feel like I should be more excited about it. Maybe it is because I am not looking forward to the 7 hours flight. Maybe it is because I don't allow myself to get to excited about somethings. Maybe it is just because I now feel that is isn't about the places you go but rather the people you meet the people you spend time with that matters. This coming from a person that wants to travel the world. I know I will have fun especially because I will be seeing good people who I haven't seen in a while. Once I start to experience my journey I will be excited I just need to get through this layover and looonnggg flight.

I decided I am going to use my blog to keep a journal of my trip. I am going to try and post as often as I can while I am on vacation. Check back and see how my exciting journey progresses. Hopefully I have lots of fun stories and great pictures.