Today as i was still suffering slightly from jetlag i decided to take it easy, me and my guide Uncle Laurie traveled into leicester square in london via the 142 bus and the london underground which I found out is enormous. Once getting into town we walked over to trafalgar square and wondered around for alittle. After that i bought a ticket to a local double decker tour bus and took a tour of london.
When we passed Westminster Abbey i was so impressed with the size and beauty of the building as well as its reputation that i felt a need to get off of the bus and explore the place. I ended up paying the admission fee and entering the Abbey where I tagged along with a tour for a while and listened to a pre-recorded tour on headphones. while wondering around i noticed that a lot of the art in westmister Abbey bore striking similarities to many Greek and Roman works only at the Abbey the works depicted the saints while in Greek anad Roman society generally the work involved Greko-Roman gods.
After i left the Abbey i was a little hungry so I went to a local pub called the sanctuary where I had a cup of Londons Pride Ale and a spinach cheese and something else i cant remember piece of lasanga. While i was eating i also had teh opportunity to watch a game of cricket of TV although i had no idea what was going on the fans of the game seemed quite intennslyo into it and were cheering on the team who i beleive was the british national team (does any other nation even play cricket?)
After my meal i went back to westminster and caught the tour bus again this time traveling all around the london bridge area which i found out was bough by an american from Arizona. once the bus got to trafalgar sqaure I caught the train from leicester square back to edware where i was picked up by my Auntie Hazel.
After a quick nap at home instead of eating in we decided to take a walk to a nearby indian restaurant named the sanargaon restaurant where we had a lovely authentic (British) indian meal. After the meal we took a nice walk back home, so far the weather here has been fantastic with no rain only breezy sunshines i hope my luck continues to tommorow although i hear that there are predicted thunderstorms so i guess I will just have to wait and see.
in other bews i have begun posting picture however the computer I am using right now will only let me upload 5 pictures at a time so it is quite and arduous task so far the pictures that i have uploaded can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/adiamantcohen/AlonGoesAbroad I am still at work on a way to link my facebook pictures to my picasa profile and i think i have found a solution but will only be able to deal with it tommorow as it is already 11:40pm here and i am exhausted.
cheerio for now
Alon
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3 comments:
Alon,
What a lovely beginning to your European adventures. I hope it will all continue to be fun.
Abba!
Alon,
I feel the need to offer you some corrections to your erroneous impressions of British life:
1. Cricket is played all over the world and is a truly international game ( much more than baseball).
2. When crossing the road don't bother trying to teach yourself to look the "wrong" way. Instead just keep on looking all ways all the time.
3. Enjoy the quality bagel unlike the American rubbish and remember that the best ones are (were) from Grozinski's in Edgware.
4. Speak slowly and you will have to practice until the natives will be able to understand your weird accent.
5. Try to take in a (soccer) football match and see how the game is really played.
Enjoy yourself!
Love Abba
NuUUUUUUUUUU,
We are waiting. You promised a blog a day and we are waiting!!!!!!!!!!!
Imma & Abba
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