We arrived in London...
"We arrived in late May and London was cold! We stayed in the internet cafe, on Charing Cross Road. The guys all had jackets in line at the bar. In our tshirts we were Canadian, and had come very far..."
I have arrived in London. My flight was delayed, the gate numberwas changed, my name was wrong and then the luggage was delayed in London due to 'technical difficulties'. I have been awake since 9am on Friday, tonight I actually get to sleep so I am quite excited. On the bright side, I feel like the UK is the easiest country in the world to enter... but maybe that's because I have a visa.
We took the Stansted Express from the airport, except that when we tried to find it, we ended up at the back of a rental car parking lot where the vast green fields began. We finally found the train and Brennon thought that we had to buy tickets on the train, but then he read we had to get them elsewhere. He suggested I wait while he bought the ticket. I suggested that we BOTH get off the train, which proved to be the better idea when the train pulled away one minute after we stepped off.
We got off the train at Liverpool Station and got on the tube. It was PACKED and we had about 50 kg of luggage with us. The tube is not at all what I expected. It's very similar to the LRT in Scarborough. It's small, round, with a low ceiling. The platforms are small. The halls are narrow. There aren't enough exits from the platforms. The stations are DEEP underground. All the escalators remind me of the 'longest escalator in the world' at the rear entrance to Lawrence Station in Toronto. There were so many people in this tiny space. And it was HOT. Fortunately, both times we had to climb stairs, someone offered us a hand.
For those of you who are visiting us or moving to Berlin in one week, TAKE A TAXI FROM LIVERPOOL STATION. I have no idea how much it will cost, but I'm sure that preventing the massive headache of carrying luggage on public transit will be worth the fare.
Our hostel has character. Our room is at the very end of a long hall. It's the only room between two sets of fire doors so it's fairly private and quiet, but there are two other beds in the room and one guy staying there right now who we haven't met because Brennon pulled a Medusa on him and he took off. Anyway, our hostel has inspired us to get a flat ASAP. The search starts tomorrow.
We had our first dinner at a pizza / pasta buffet that was reasonably priced at 6.45.
That's about all I got.
I have arrived in London. My flight was delayed, the gate numberwas changed, my name was wrong and then the luggage was delayed in London due to 'technical difficulties'. I have been awake since 9am on Friday, tonight I actually get to sleep so I am quite excited. On the bright side, I feel like the UK is the easiest country in the world to enter... but maybe that's because I have a visa.
We took the Stansted Express from the airport, except that when we tried to find it, we ended up at the back of a rental car parking lot where the vast green fields began. We finally found the train and Brennon thought that we had to buy tickets on the train, but then he read we had to get them elsewhere. He suggested I wait while he bought the ticket. I suggested that we BOTH get off the train, which proved to be the better idea when the train pulled away one minute after we stepped off.
We got off the train at Liverpool Station and got on the tube. It was PACKED and we had about 50 kg of luggage with us. The tube is not at all what I expected. It's very similar to the LRT in Scarborough. It's small, round, with a low ceiling. The platforms are small. The halls are narrow. There aren't enough exits from the platforms. The stations are DEEP underground. All the escalators remind me of the 'longest escalator in the world' at the rear entrance to Lawrence Station in Toronto. There were so many people in this tiny space. And it was HOT. Fortunately, both times we had to climb stairs, someone offered us a hand.
For those of you who are visiting us or moving to Berlin in one week, TAKE A TAXI FROM LIVERPOOL STATION. I have no idea how much it will cost, but I'm sure that preventing the massive headache of carrying luggage on public transit will be worth the fare.
Our hostel has character. Our room is at the very end of a long hall. It's the only room between two sets of fire doors so it's fairly private and quiet, but there are two other beds in the room and one guy staying there right now who we haven't met because Brennon pulled a Medusa on him and he took off. Anyway, our hostel has inspired us to get a flat ASAP. The search starts tomorrow.
We had our first dinner at a pizza / pasta buffet that was reasonably priced at 6.45.
That's about all I got.
posted by Douglas J. Stiles, BA Hons, MES! at 5/29/2006 02:05:00 p.m.
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