Tuesday, December 22, 2009

London.

Sunday, I woke up around 5:45am to catch the tram at 6:45am to the train station. I only got 2 hours of actually sleep. I can't seem to sleep the night before traveling. I don't know why. Then, I had to catch the 7:30am bus to the Grenoble airport. I got to the airport around 8:30am, where I was told that my flight to Luton airport was canceled. Thanks, EasyJet. So, they put me on the next flight on, which was at 2:50pm to Gatwick airport. I said, okay. I'll keep myself busy for the next 7-so hours. Then, sometime later, I was told that my flight was delayed another hour due to snow. Fuck. I waited some more. I finally got onto the plane at 4:00pm. On EasyJet planes, they don't really provide you with anything. They really just provide you a seat from point A to point B. All food and drinks costed money. The plane ride took only about an hour and half. I got to London around 4:30pm, since it's an hour before France, but then had to take a bus to the train station, and then a train to central London. My cousins met me at the Victoria train stop. We went out to eat and for drinks. It was nice. I'm staying with my oldest cousin for the first couple of days. I was extremely exhausted from waiting all day. I passed out that night for 14 hours. Amazing. :)

I'm a little mad because I wasted 15 pounds on my train ticket from Luton airport to central London and I paid another 16 pounds for my train ticket from Gatwick airport to London. Damn.

Monday, I went to the National Museum. It was a 20 minute walk from my cousin's place. It was actually really cool, which a bunch of cool historical stuff, sculptures, etc. I spent most of my afternoon there. Then, at night, my two other cousins that live in London came over for dinner and we all hung out for a bit.

Today, I went shopping on Oxford Street to do some shopping. I got off at the Tottenham stop at around 2:00pm and got to the Oxford Circus stop at around 6:00pm. It took me about 4 hours to get through about a 20 minute walking section, but I was shopping and there were an outrageous amount of people. I bought some sweet stuff today. I tried to buy things that are only found in Britain, like Topman, Uniqlo, Petroleum, etc. I really like this sweet brand, Uniqlo. So clean, so simple. Also, it's not extremely expensive either. I got back to my cousin's flat. We don't have heat. The boiler is broken or something. It's pretty damn cold in here. I hope it gets fixed soon!

Tomorrow, I'm planning on checking out the other part of Oxford Street that I didn't make it to today. I have to be back to my cousin's flat at 2:00pm-ish, because we're leaving for Bradford tomorrow. Bradford is where my aunt and uncle live. I'll be there until the 29th. If I don't update for a while, it's because they do not have internet up there.

I hope everyone is having a great holiday!

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