So food’s a bit of an adjustment here. I’ve been to a few grocery stores so far, particularly looking at various pork product substitutes, and this is what I’ve discovered ( Read more... )

Well, tonight's the night. Here I am in the airport, waiting for my plane, which has been delayed an hour coming from Toronto. Thankfully, it's very quiet here. There's not even annoying airport messages every few minutes, it's almost creepily quiet. I've found a place to plug my computer in, so I can listen to music and chat with friends on MSN ( Read more... )

The last saturday I was here, I discovered the Covent Garden food market, but had unfortunately already eaten when I got there, and was in a hurry to see a show, but this time, I decided I would go and spend some time wandering around there and get myself a nice lunch before the matinee of the day (Phantom - Love Never Dies). And there really was ( Read more... )

On Friday, there are no matinees (which is silly, in my mind, but whatever), so instead, I set off to Oxford Street, because Marion and Gilda have both recomended this Salt Beef Bar at Selfridges, and I am intrigued. It was a bit of a walk, because I'd lost the little map that Marion drew out for me, so I ended up walking from the Oxford Circus ( Read more... )

Alright, a bit more detail about Wednesday. ( Read more... )

Things I did yesterday:
- Ate a passionfruit.
- Went on a double decker bus.
- Cried over puppet horses (They were dying!)
- Ate a pineapple cream cheese sandwich (surprisingly tasty)
- Watched an outdoor circus performance.
- Laughed at depressing Russian Revolutions.

Alright, so I've gotten a bit behind on things, so lets just summarize: Cardiff was good, no rain. It was lovely seeing everyone again, Katie even came up for the weekend. Went to see Wagner's Singer von Nurnburg on Saturday. It was six hours long, but didn't feel ridiculously drawn out or anything, and there was a nice break in the middle during ( Read more... )

So, as previously mentionned, I was unwell on Thursday, but kept it quite in check with the wonder of Nurofen cold and sinus (aka British Advil Cold). Uncle John took me into town, for a brief walk around including, finally, a visit to a post office, so I could finally buy stamps! We then stopped at the giant mega tescos to buy ingrediants for my ( Read more... )

Okay, so the first few days in Cardiff have gotten a bit blurred together because a) I don't have constant theatre that I can use to differentiate them and b) I got sick. Nothing to bad, just your garden variety cold, complete with fever and sore throat. It kind of started on the coach to cardiff, reached a peak in the night, when I woke up with a ( Read more... )

So, for the final day of London (part 1), I had scheduled one musical and one opera. Also, I decided to take a break from sandwiches and stopped into a little italian restaurant for pizza. Not the best pizza I've ever had, but a nice change ( Read more... )