018 - thu 18/05/2006 - london

today we saw a couple of london department stores - harvey nichols, and of course, harrods. on the ground floor of harrods there was like a little memorial shrine to diana and dodi. there were also some really amazing food halls. hungry, we grabbed some sandwiches from a nearby cafe and headed into hyde park. what should have been a pleasant walk in the park became kind of shitty - the wind picked up. its springtime in london, so all of this crap was in the air, getting in our eyes, up our noses. we were irritated. we became irritable.

after a brief walk around notting hill, and a quick look around kensington gardens, we took the tube to westminster abbey to try and get in again. the wind was still blowing heavily. the abbey was closed again - our lonely planet book had suggested getting there at 5pm to hear the choir sing but the sign said the abbey had shut at quarter to four. by the time we got home we were completely exhausted from the wind. sarah agreed that it was crazy out-of-the-ordinary wind, which was good because i had visions of every second day in london being gale force.

after dinner, i spent so long sitting on the couch using sarah's laptop, writing up posts for this blog, that suz became worried that i would burn my scrotum (she'd seen it on a tv show once).

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