Abbey Road

Monday was a pretty relaxed day; the rest of the group I'm in is starting to get quite visibly worn out and grumpy. In a way, I'll be glad to be mostly on my own after today; I'm nowhere near worn out or tired, and I have SOOOOOO much more I want to see! On the other hand, many of the sights aren't quite as fun if you don't have someone to share and discuss them with. I do wonder how well they'll get around, as I've been the navigator for the trip.

Anyhow, so monday we got up pretty late, but had some plans of places we wanted to go. They all had their heart set on Abbey Road, and they had to explain to me that's the street the Beatles are walking acrossed in that famous picture. After a short tube ride, and a ten minute walk, we were there. Not being a big beatles fan, I have to say I didn't really appreciate the significance, but I snapped a few pictures and laughed at the dozens of people trying to take pictures as they walked acrossed - which is rather difficult because it's a very busy street!

My hostel that I'll be staying in for the rest of the trip (except for my three day stint in wales later) is just a short distance from there, so we rode over there and I checked in. Next I hoped to stop by Regents Park right acrossed the street, and Portabello Road a short distance away, but others were not as enthusiastic about going much of anywhere else at all.

So, we went back to the hotel, and ate at a local pub. A couple of them headed out to the airport to pick up Matthias, and I went down to the local net cafe to blog my rave party. I hung around long enough to say Hello to Matthias, and get a sample of some of the excellent German candy he brought, then headed to my hostel.

My first night here was rather interesting. I didn't show up until nearly midnight, and felt very bad because everyone else was asleep, so I just shoved my bags in the corner and crawled into bed in my clothes. I didn't wake up this morning until eleven (woops!). Showering and changing was rather awkward because everyone else was gone except the cleaning ladies. I managed to get that all done, and am now washing my clothes so I'll have something to wear for the next few days. Afterwards I hope to stop by Portabello Road, then head out to the school where the rest of the group is doing their placements tests and stuff. They had mentioned they might do the British Eye tonight, and I do wanna do that with them. I might also look into finding my way to Sutton tonight to check out IMO records. Tomorrow they're going to try for the London Dungeon and the wax museum, and I do wanna do those with them as well. After that they head home, and I'm completely on my own!!!

Whew, I'm finally all caught up on my blog!!!