Monday, April 7, 2008

London was 2 days ago but I'm still gonna post this

I spent three nights in three different places.  All in London.  That's backpacking!  But that's where the real interactions happen.  Spent the night on the spur of the moment at my friend Christian's girlfriends house in London.  Stayed up and chatted with "uni" (college) students about like in the UK.  I just really like these accents.  I talk like them and I don't even try.

As per the title of my last post, I sat in a lot of traffic on the Hop On/Off bus tour.  Forgot to put sunblock on that day.

Later on I went on Beatles walking tour.  How great!  We went by the old Apple studios where they sang on the rooftop for their last ever performance.  Then after it was over, my tour guide, whom I had created a bit of a bond with, took me back to Trident Studios where the Beatles recorded songs like Hey Jude.  Other artists who recorded there:

Elton John- Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man, Candle in the Wind
James Taylor- Carolina on my Mind
Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers

My guide told the engineer that I was a huge fan, so he let me into the studio to have a look around.  I actually cried.  Here I am sitting where the Beatles recorded Hey Jude:



This on the river Thames.  This ferris wheel, called the London Eye, is freakin high.  You can see the whole city.  I'll go on it in July.  The line wasn't long enough for me on this trip.



Then I went to Notting Hill and saw the HUGE Portobello Market.  People selling all kinds of things- from baguettes to old WWII binoculars that Allied Forces captured from Nazi U-boats.  Can you believe it?
Then I went to Abbey Road.  I took off my shoes and took many pictures and videos of my walking through the crosswalk.  Pics and vids which I would upload if this website wasnt being dumb.  So just picture it.  There, now you got it.

Caught a late train to Bath - waited in the bus station for about two hours with a 40lb backpack.  I actually had a pretty good time just people watching.  Ok, on to Bath now....

2 comments:

Katie Berger said...

Eleanor Rigby is happy you visited her roots ...

Anonymous said...

sweet. My imagination is filling in for your lack of pictures just fine!