Free (and final) Day in London

Yesterday, the internet was being gay so I couldn't get on the internet. Not to mention I was too tired. It was our last day in London, and it was off to a bad start. Wake up call was at 7:00am and breakfast was at 8:00. Bree and I slept trough the wake up call and woke up at 8:30, (half an hour before we were supposed to leave). Then we took the train to the National British Museum (which was huge) and then we got about 2 hours of free time on Oxford St. to shop. We were told to meet at Marble Arche afterwards. Bree and I went shopping at at about 1:40, decided to head for this alleged "Marble Arche". We asked not one, but TWO locals where it was and they both said "Oh it's way down there, about ten or fifteen minutes." So then we starting thinking "maybe we were supposed to meet up where we started and then we were going to take the tube to Marble Arche". But we started walking towards this place but after about 20 minutes of walking (time: 2:05) we started to second guess ourselves and walked all the way back to the start. No one was there. So, we flagged down a taxi (time: 2:30) and told him to take us to Marble Arche. When we got there, we started searching and FINALLY found our group waiting for us across the street. Basically we got lost in London. Then we went to Harrods but they don't let groups in so we all went in separately. It wasnt that great and Bree and I were really tired from our stressful treck so we found a starbucks and waited out the rest of the time there. Then we went on the London Eye and rode that. And then we went to dinner in Picadilly Circus and had chicken curry. Afterwards, we went on a Jack the Ripper tour but since it was St. Patricks Day we had a handful of way-too-drunk British men occasionally causing disruption. We finally got back to the hotel about 10:30 and so we packed up in preparation for our departure today.

Today went a bit better, we still didn't make it to breakfast because we had so much stuff to try and jam into our suitcase. So we ran up the road to Mcdonalds just before we left. Then we rode the bus to Oxford, where we toured a bit of the university and poked around the town for an hour or so. We then set off for Anne Hatheway's cottage, and after that, Stratford upon Avon where Shakespeare grew up. Then we got just over two hours in Stratford (might I add there are only coffee shops and jewellry stores in Stratford). Finally, we got to our hotel is Coventry. And here I am. I discovered I have free internet here as well, although we leave tomorrow for York. I have everyone's presents except for dad. I have been looking for anchor cufflinks but I havent found them anywhere. And I don't know what nice cufflinks look like. This hotel room blows the nutballs off our last one.

Things That Were Wrong With Our Previous Hotel Room:

Our power didn't work (the lights did, but not the outlets)
We were on a smoking floor
Our TV didn't work
The hairdryer stopped working
The outlet made my hair straightener blow up (kind of)
There wasn't a hot/cold option on the shower, just a hot/hotter and an on/off on the other side.

Things I Like About My New Hotel Room:

We have a TV that looks like it works
I tapped into free internet
Our outlets work
Our beds look comfy
It has a table and chairs, so you know its big
We don't have to put our room key in the light things to turn the lights on

Things The British Do Weirdly In Their Food Chains:

The roasted chicken at Subway is diced and dry
McDonalds only has bottled juice in the morning.
Subway only has three flavours of fountain pop: coke, fanta or sprite
McDonalds sells donuts
Starbucks has never heard of an Espresso Truffle
A cafe in St Paul's Cathedral didn't have drip coffee...

Things I Have Bought So Far:

A summer dress
A clearance sweater
A shirt from United Colours of Bennington (students get 10% off)
A pair of boots
A fridge magnet for Mr. Spencer (he told me to)
A bottle of olive oil and a bottle of vineager for mom
Two CD's for mom
A mini blue willow china tea set for grandma
A pair of Union Jack bootie short underwear
An I <3 London t-shirt
A flower press for allie
A book on 1001 uses for vinegar for mom
Two shot glasses (one for airdrie, one for jasmine)
Elenor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
Seasons 1-5 of Absolutely Fabulous for mom and allie
A box of tea for mom, a box of tea for allie
A canister of tea for myself
A keychain
A black jacket on clearance

I think that's it.

A couple guys from Kitimat went out last night after we all got home and went out to the pubs for St. Patricks day. They got kicked out of the pub so they bought 21 cans of beer from the vending machines and got drunk in their hotel room (I know, cool eh). When we got to Oxford today, I look behind me and see one of those particular guys (mom close your eyes and don't read this) throwing up into his hands all over the pretty roads. Idiots. I should have bought incents and stunk up the bus, just for them.

Britain is cool and all but now that I've seen all this stuff, I don't think I want to come back. I'd way rather go to France or Italy.

Anyways, I don't really have anything else to report.

Over and Out.

written by

Beth Young on March 18, 2009 from Coventry, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Who's Britain?

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Good report beth mom wakes up every morning and checks the intinery for your trip. Not much going on here but lots of rain

written by dad on March 18, 2009

You...bought me something...in europe? I like your choice of words to compare how much better your new hotel is to the old one.

written by Allie on March 18, 2009

Thanks for the updates Beth. It is good to hear about your trip. I hope you get a good nigts sleep one of these days and remember to try to pack the night before you go somewhere. Saves time if you sleep in.

Love Mom

written by Margot Wilson on March 18, 2009

Thanks Allie haha

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Beth Young on March 19, 2009

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