I should start by saying that my right hand is still cramped and hard to use from my Lyrik test, so I'm writing slowly... Last night when my plane got in and I took the Stansted Express to Liverpool St., the underground was closed. A really nice man there explained how to use the buses to get to Holborn. Unfortunately, I didn't know the area well enough to recognize where to get off, so instead of bugging the driver more, I made a guess... And got off a bit east of Holburn Circus, which was not very close to my hotel. I walked the rest of the way and arrived at about 1:30 am. Shower and bed followed.
Jules called at around 8 am, but I was too tired to talk. I ended up getting up at around 10:30 and walked down towards the Thames. I followed it to St. Paul's and then to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge before crossing at London Bridge and walking back along the southern bank. I got a snack (lamb and mint spring roll) at a market just southwest of London Bridge (by Southwark Cathedral) - it was delicious. I'm now sitting in a cafe a few blocks from the hotel, and just finished an amazing hot chocolate - it had unsweetened cocoa powder on top of the whipped cream, which added a nice bitter complement to the sweet drink. It's about 15:15 and I'm not sure when my dad's going to arrive, so I'm just hanging out here and reading/writing. The music here reminds me of Maggie's and of Home (I like how I just unintentionally capitalized "home")... Norah Jones, jazz, slowish latin music...
I'm really excited to see Jim. I'm also excited to check out the pictures I took today. Okay, back to Oryx and Crake.
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