Abbey Road

You guys have no idea how lucky you are to be getting a blog from me today. At the moment I am about to fall over on my keyboard. I didn’t do a lot today but I haven’t been sleeping too well since there are these obnoxious kids that are on my hall – not just students are here but families and other travelers, too – and they run up and down the hall at all hours of the night. So annoying.

Today was a very relaxing day, though. It was pretty much a Friday for me since class only goes Monday to Thursday here. There is always a bunch of people go out right after class but today Aubrey and I needed some serious chill time so we went back to our rooms, napped, and showered and felt much better afterward. Then we met up with Jamie and Echo and went to Abbey Road. I did get some pictures of me crossing the street but they aren’t very good. I may have to go back. Echo didn’t know how to zoom with my camera and it’s actually a busy street so I didn’t want to hold up traffic so I could the perfect shot. I may go back later. I have three weeks after all. After crossing Abbey Road we went looking up and down the street for the Beatles café that Jamie said was there somewhere. We went from one end of the road to the other and found no café. There was a nice English bloke we asked for directions and I thought he was going to walk past us but he stopped and walked with is most of the way and then pointed out the rest of the way to us. The café turned out to be attached to the St. John’s Wood Tube station we had arrived at to get to Abbey Road in the first place. We felt like idiots but we found it. It’s really teeny tiny with not much to it. They sell coffee, soda, some pastries, and Beatles memorabilia. I actually didn’t buy anything because it was more of a buy something just to buy something thing and I had a picture of the place so I passed up on spending money.

After that was had to fight our way onto a Tube car. We must have passed on at least five Tube trains before we found one that would hold us. Jamie and Echo got on one and then Aubrey and I waited for another two trains before we could board. I thought it was just rush hour traffic because it was around 6PM at this point. When we caught back up with Jamie and Echo they told us that there was a fatality on one of the lines so they had to divert a bunch of lines to other stations. I don’t know what happened but I’m sure it’ll be in the papers tomorrow.

When we got back we went out looking for a place to get fish and chips but Aubrey and I decided we didn’t want any so we got food at the Old Monk again – it’s like I like that pub or something – and had dessert, too. Of course I have my cider – Strongbow – and by the time I got back I was about to fall over but I thought that I still might have enough in me to post a blog at least.

This weekend we have some fun excursion planned. Friday is the British Museum, Saturday is Bath and Cheddar Gorge Caves, and Sunday is Canterbury and Dover. They should be fun.