Back in London

It’s been good to stay with a friend and just relax for a few days. It’s off to Paris tomorrow, so I’ve been lazily not doing much while I’m here.

After dropping off the car and saying goodbye to Mackerel, Svendlemouse, Star and I headed over towards the British Museum. But we also caught up with a friend at Gosh comics across the road from the museum. I hadn’t seen him in 11 years so it was very cool. He also pointed us in the direction of a decent place for Star to get a coffee, as she had not had a good cup in weeks.

It was fun seeing the museum again, this time we checked out Egyptian, roman and Greek sculpture. It was daunting looking at the dates and then seeing tourists clambering and touching some of the stuff (despite signs telling them not to).

The next day I slept in and read a book, then meet up with Svendlemouse and Star at London Bridge. We checked out the Borough Market which had amazing food, then took our time traipsing across London Bridge, walking past the Tower of London, crossing the Tower Bridge and looking at an outdoor art display near city hall. There was also an outdoor piano for the summer festival, which was similar to one in New York where there are pianos scattered around the city.

Yesterday I headed out with the lovely Oddnumbereven to the V&A childhood museum. Some very cool old toys thee, especially the dolls houses on the second floor, and a display for the writer of the Mog books and the Tiger who came to Tea.

She also look me to Brick Lane and I actually find it hard to remember all the places we visited. It was a lot and she even described them really well when I was there. I blame my poor memory. I know we went to a very cool cupcake place, and some awesome second hand clothing stores and bead store. We also went to Kid Robot and I got some zipper pull charms. Oh, and Trafalgar Square and I saw the smallest police station which looks like a phone booth. Also, had dinner in Chinatown. It was a fantastic day and I loved catching up with my friend and seeing awesome things.

On Sunday I was lazy and stayed home at Drifter’s house and watched Spartacus (the made in NZ series) with his flatmate. Spartacus was much raunchier/fighty/sweary than I expected, I don’t think I will become a fan but it was fine to waste some time watching.

Then in the evening I went to Camben Town for dinner with Drifter, Svendlemouse and Star. We had a quick look through the market, but none of us were in the mood to buy anything.