So this morning I go to the train station to catch the train to Stratford.... to find out there they're having train difficulties..... to the extent that none of their trains are running. So the only recourse is a bus that would put me into Stratford about 45 minutes after the play I was going to see would have ended. So flush that down the toilet, whoosh, goodbye. So I ended up just wandering around London. And today London won a world cup match, so the already stifling Underground was packed with jingoist young English boys waving flags and being even more irritating than normal.
On a positive note, last night was yet another drink-filled adventure. I was hanging out in the Astor Quest lounge and happened to end up drinking with the hostel manager, Jess. Jess is loud, demanding, hates everyone and I love her to death. We ran into some other hostellers and we all went off to a local bar. Good times were had.
Tomorrow I think I'll just idle away, passing time until I leave Monday. The train faisco has put me off England for a while.
Cheers!
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Um, Matt....you don't have to go to Stratford to see a show. What's on at the Globe? Or see something in the West End, for heaven's sake!!!
Frig, you're in the theatre capital of England, for crying out loud! Allow me to help you:
http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/
Cheers!
kw :-)
PS - Sorry you missed your show though.
I know there are many other theatre options out there, but I had had my heart set on Stratford, had been sitting on this ticket for MONTHS (Titus Adronicus was playing at the Globe, FYI).... today instead involved wandering around Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens and checking out Harrods and Buckingham Palace. And I just caught a matinee of the movie Brick. It was awesome. Very film noir, but set in a high school setting.
Ah, you're making me miss London! Did you see the movie at Leicester Square? Funny, when I went four years ago, Harrods was closed on Sunday....so two years ago we made sure we went on a different day.
Ya, Titus is pretty disturbing. I noticed they were also doing Coriolanus, which isn't really that much more enticing!
My bad dude, I should have recommended some theatre options. I know a bunch. Sorry man. TG
Try dragging all your lugguage through the Underground when all the escalators are broken.
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