London.. Whoa...

So. Here I am, in good ol London town. And I haven't written a post about it. Yet.
Here goes, eh. I arrived in the city last week, in the middle (or the near end) of a very strange heat wave. A heat wave in London! Weird! I was dressed appropriately for the London weather I had been anticipating - jeans, tee and converse shoes(with socks of course). Sitting on the tube on the way to the hostel (and it was a long ride - delays pushed it to two hours and forty five minutes..yukko) I wanted to dive into my suitcase and change into shorts and thongs! It was crazy heat. That night I caught up over (my second EVER in my life, quite a surprise to all, but considering my disdain for Starbucks) Frappacino with Yocheved, and together we planned the next day. It consisted of having a sticky beak around Camden Town and market, and spending a lovely afternoon in Greenwich. I know I've mentioned our time in Grennwich once, but for those of y0u that don't pay the most attention, let me remind you what we did:

It was a splendid sunny afternoon, and Yocheved and I took a walk from the tube station trying to find our way to the Observatory... via 'Cutty Shark/Stark'(I really can't remember now), just an old boat planted in the middle of a square, and past (and through!) the Royal Maritime Museum -that's right, a museum dedicated to the Navy and those things related to British influence in the waters of the world. Well, amen. Both of us were somewhat interested - it actually provided some fascinating information believe it or not, but we soon become bored/tired and decided to head on up towards the real reason why we came to Greenwich. And what obstacles lay in our way! There was this hill, a steep hill that I'm sure most found trouble walking up the angle, and this was our welcome to Greenwich Meridian Time Line. Some welcome. When we finally made it to the top, we took some delightful pictures in front of an old clock, along the actual line that divided the world into time zones. and then wandered around the museum for as long as our attention lasted us. I'm going to post some pictures of that very soon. (i promise!)

However, on our way down from the Royal Observatory, the heavens decided to open up and rain down plump heavy raindrops that soaked us through to our skin. While not being especially cold, we wanted out of that weather for a short while. After it cleared up, and we entertained some indoor retail therapy, we boarded a boat that cruised down the River Thames in the grey sunshine. Delightful.It was actually quite insightful, one of the crew got hold on a microphone and pointed out to us tourists the various landwarks in possible view along the river. Lovely. We didn;t have to do that Hop - on - Hop - off tourist trap of a bus that most people like us would perhaps take.

That evening I watched the soccer on tv and the cuaght up with Shira briefly. I needed some quiet nights after the crazy times in Greece.

On Wednesday, the weather went psycho. Sunny, rainy, windy, calm - Mother Nature was being VERY tempermental, or perhaps just MENTAL. I went out with Tim for lunch, haven't seen him since he left to work in London... And then Yocheved and I went to the Cabinet War Rooms, the hidden passages beneath the ground near 10 Downing St where Churchill and the British Goverment worked from during the Second World War. It was such an interesting museum, I would highly recommend it to anyone that ventures out to London. Perfect rainy weather activity!