Few days later... - Blogabond

Had a busy couple of days in London after the last entry, got a fair bit done and saw a lot. I have officially been over, on, under and walked over the Thames. Got that covered! We went to Greenwich which is longitude 0 degrees as well. We met up with my mate Mark in Wimbledon. I now know why he lives there - we saw a kettle-drum band, a Christmas tree that moved on it's own and a bucket load of lightsabres (????). Since we've been n Oxford I've notice no shortage of lightsabres here as well, so it must be a pommy thing. The trippiest thing about the UK at the moment is sunrise and sunset. The sun rises at about 8.30-9am and sets at around 4.30. Should be even less daylight hours as we travel north. The days have been quite nice, brisk but often sunny. One of Shelley's friends lives in Norwich and it's been snowing there, so snowmen here we come!

Had my first brush with the one of the unsavory characters I've always associated with the UK courtesy of The Bill, East enders, Lock-stock et al. We were in Oxford, just driving along, when I glanced at two girls walking along the road. She said "what are you looking at you filthy scrag?". Not her, that's for damn sure. I hate to pigeonhole (not really, I quite enjoy it) but most of the women I have seen fall into a few categories. The usually look a bit like Kate Middleton, Billie Piper or Patsy Kensit (which is definitely not a bad thing!). But CAKED in make-up. Opening a make-up shop in the UK seems like a profitable enterprise, you'd just have to sell in bulk.

The 13 dollar hostel we were in in London was Cheap. Cheap and nasty. The showers should have had biohazard signs up. Every day there was a stagnant pool of water waiting to be sopped up by whatever clothing you were unlucky enough to drop in it. I happened to drop my toothbrush. Needless to say, I stopped using that toothbrush but that didn't stop me from catching a cold. I should be glad I didn't catch anything else I guess. We decided to hire a car to go on the rest of our trip. Because of my lack of a manual licence, (yes Dad, I know) Shelley has to drive us (good - I can pub-crawl). The only problem is she is under 25 (bad - expensive). It's not all bad though. We booked a Fiat Punto (as manly as the name suggests and ended up with a Renault Megane Scenic which is pretty flash murry. We got to oxford no problems at all and should end up in Stratford-Upon-Avon tomorrow, which all you literary fans out there will realise is the former home of William Shakespeare.

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10bastards on November 28, 2008 from Oxford, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Eurotrip

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I think you planned the whole automatic licence thing... Shelly must be spewing. Oh well, more beer and happiness for you! Don't crash.

written by Roobeh on November 28, 2008

You know what i have realised actually liam? Your a really good travel blogger! LIke forget all the jibes but you are really good.. part way thru that i was thinking say something positive but your straight to the point and conscious. Personally i think you should maybe look into that as a career path.. cause or write a book or something.. i think youd be really good at it..
Anyways got a little carried away with that realisation but dude thats AWESOME you should totally write a book.. ok back on tangent!

oh yeah sorry got distracted.. haha wow your travels sound so exciting.. hrm making Shelly drive pssh i didn't know you only had your auto's i too think this was a carefully thought out plan!

that sucks about your cold hey!! i hate having a cold at the best of time it must suck being over seas with it!
Holy that is not a lot of sunlight.. is it colder yet or still the same so far? hrm lightsabers (sp?) is that like the star wars things? cool man! thats cool.. what do they have in their souvenirs shops?
Are you still tasting all the beers?
I was in a hostel like that in melbourne once i quickly learnt to shower with shoes and whilst holding my clothes.. ;) hehe

Oh the places you'll go!!
Glad to read your having a top time!!

written by Amsley on December 1, 2008

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