London - Day 1 - Part 2

So, last I left off we were getting ready to head out and wander around for a while and then go out for the main event, which I will get to.

We hadn't really eaten anything since our mediocre breakfast on the flight which consisted of a very small danish and an apple sauce and yogurt that we had to eat with a spork, so the first plan of action was to find something to eat. We decided to walk to Camden town and get some street food because I am obsessed with Anthony Bourdain and he eats street food like nobody's business. Anna took us to the Camden Locks and we decided to pick up some Morrocan. I got lamb and veggies with rice which was very good and only £4.

After lunch we walked around some more and looked at the Locks and rode on a double decker bus. Anna has been a really good tour guide and we have really enjoyed London.









Later in the evening Anna took us to the Phoenix Theatre bar which was a pub that I was taken to when Fear Before played London in 2005. It was incredibly strange to be there again because the memories of that night were really vivid. We met a few of Anna's friends who were all very nice and we talked about the US and traveling and all the usual things you talk about with foreigners.

Something I discovered was that in England if you've had a beer and you feel like you want more, but you don't feel like you want another pint, or you just don't happen to have enough money for one, you can buy a half pint, and they give it to you in an actual half pint glass. I need to get a photo of this at some point, but I couldn't last night because I didn't want to be weird.

After the Phoenix we headed off to the event of the night which was an Erotic Poetry reading that Anna's friend's friend was putting on. It was in the basement of a red walled, somewhat fancy bar and the place was completely packed with people. Surprisingly the poetry wasn't as uncomfortable as I expected it to be, but there were a handful of poems that I had to bite my lip from laughing out loud. Thankfully a couple of Anna's friends were equally as immature about it as I was so I didn't feel too out of place.



We watched two of the three sections of the reading and decided to head back to Anna's and head to sleep as both Amy and I barely slept on the plane.

The weather here is pretty much exactly the same as at home. Pretty warm and enjoyable, but the added bonus (in our opinion) of the gloominess and occasional rain. I might need to buy a light jacket here or something that is better than the hoodie I brought.

I am going to try and get Amy to post as well, so that we both get a good amount of thoughts on this thing.

Cheers!