Im so sorry I've been MIA for almost a week. My trip to London was so amazing. Did I see much of London, no...did I expect to? no. My friend George lives outside of London in a place called Chiswick. I arrived on Friday at 8:30pm and he met me at the train station. Im so glad he did because there would have been no way I would have found myself to his house.
We had a drink at the station where the waitress couldn't stop hitting on me...WAITRESS! She wanted to know what my background was and why I was so beautiful! From there we took a cab to Waterloo Station and then the Overground from there to Chiswick. We could have taken the tube from the St-Pancras Kings Cross to Waterloo but George thought it best we take a cab so that I could see the scenic route...and he was right. The architecture in London is completely different from that in Paris...very Victorian. We arrived at his house quite late and went to sleep. The next day we slept in and went to the Barnes Market where one of his friends Jim works. It is an "open air" market, housed in glass that reminded me of a VERY civilized Barbès Market. Jim works at a fresh produce shop. He is the drummer for the band Watching Planes that George is currently a part of. They all go to music school together. Jim invited us to his house in Camden later on, so we went on our way and continued walking around. George showed me his music school and we went to a local pub. We then made our way to Jim's house. I met another member of the band, Ed and another girl Homay who is not in the band but their new flat mate. All his friends were très sympa. We had a civilized dinner that Ed cooked and then just chilled and talked. We ended up spending the night and only leaving the next afternoon. It was a beautiful day Sunday, as compared to Saturday which was drizzling. It was nice to get a sense of the typical London weather. I do not know if I could live in a place where the weather is so unpredictable. We returned home around supper time by the Tube (Underground) and the Overground and relaxed a little. His mother was cooking dinner and had invited two friends to join. We had a very nice dinner and then went for a walk along the river next to their house. The view was MAGNIFICENT, génial, excellent, NICKEL CHROME (a new expression I learned yesterday!!)
My train was at 5:25am so that I could be in Paris for 8:50am, just in time to drop my bags off at home and then be at work for 10am. I slept 3hrs at his place, took a cab to the station and slept the entire 2hrs on the train. Upon arrival, exhaustion hadn't yet hit, but I knew it would later on in the day, and it did! along with a runny nose. I was hoping and praying that it was my allergies considering I forgot to take my medicine the last two days, however it was a cold from lack of sleep, and other things. After déjeuner, exhaustion had set it and I was over tired...all I wanted to do was go home. I finally got to leave and rushed home to my bed. I went to bed at 8:30pm and only woke up the following morning...afternoon at 12pm. I haven't sleept that much since I was gamin! I guess I needed it. Thankfully we didn't have work cause it was the Fête National - 14th of July.
Gigi came over yesterday to chill with me in the afternoon and then around 7pm I had some friends come over to celebrate the 14th. I had a little picnic at my house and then we headed up to Montmartre to see the yearly fireworks at the Tour Eiffel. We arrived a little too late, but managed to catch the final fireworks. Originally we were supposed to have a picnic at the Champs de Mars, but that would have been way too crazy. I very much liked my picnic. Everyone was very sympa and had a great time I think.
My Aunt, Uncle and cousin on my Dad's side are in town for a couple days and I am having diner with them tonight. Tomorrow, my mother arrives!!! I am quite excited because I haven't seen her for a month!!!
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