I've hit london now, I was going to write a goodbye email from Paris, but for those who were online that morning, in celebration of the end of my studies of Paris in the 19th century, I went out and drank absinthe. For ppl who dont know, its that green liqueur that sent them crazy in Moulin Rouge (the movie). And lets just say....its been almost 24hours later and my tongue kinda hurts. Its something like 70 or 80% alcohol. It was fun, but pretty scary at the same time. We also went on one of those night bus cruises on the Seine, but it was soooooo cold that most of the Eiffel Tower wasnt visible cos it was so foggy. We had scarves over our faces like highwaymen or ninjas. But it was so pretty *sigh* but impossible to photograph.
London, we took the tunnel...it wasnt bad but the toilets are worse than ones on aeroplanes. And we had a lovely taxidriver who gave me and Ruilin advice about where to go etc. I'm staying in Bloomsbury, right near the British Museum and University. The hotel is called Arran Hotel and its sooooooo cute...it used to be 2 Georgian Terraces, classic little London houses you see in period series, but its a maze inside. We've gotten lost so many times already. There's an internet cafe not to far away where I am now, which is 1 pound for half an hour!!!! But its run by Koreans and we can buy Shin Cup and Bowl noodles and onion rings here, Yay! Turns out the where we're staying is a really safe area and walking distance to Soho and plenty of pubs.
Its actually not that cold here, its 10pm and I'm only out wearing a coat. But it is quite grey and so are the buildings - seems they were all cleaned pretty recently. But this place (bloomsbury) is definitely not as dirty as Paris, but there is a phone booth near the Sainsbury supermarket that smelt like pee.
And its sooo good to be communicating in english again, although i did say bonjour to the information desk when i arrived at Waterloo Station. Oops ;-)
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