My first day in London, if like me, you do not count the couple of hours I was conscious last night before passing out, was mostly spent wandering aimlessly and lost. I started out with lofty ideals, but ended up just plain confused.
Last night I arrived and miraculously found my way from Heathrow to my mates flat without getting lost. After a shower and a quick catch up, we headed to the pub for dinner then called it a night.
This morning she headed off to work and I thought I would try to organise my insurance number and bank account today. Neither of which I got even close to achieving. Although I now know what I actually have to do. Instead, today was spent wandering around lost and discovering half of the monopoly board (without my camera, sorry). In wandering I found myself outside Buckingham Palace at the changing of the guard, along with thousands of school kids. After walking through a park I looked up to discover that I was standing under Big Ben. I followed the river around and ended up at St Paul's cathedral. Walking down The Strand and Fleet St, I somehow got back to Chinatown near Piccadilly for lunch. A trip down through Leicester Square delivered me to Trafalgar Square and where I spent my afternoon.
On the edge of Trafalgar Square is one of the entrances to the National Gallery. It is filled with paintings by famous people who I had both heard of and never heard of. Evenme, who isn't really all that interested in paintings found it fascinating. As shown by the fact that I managed to spend most of the afternoon there.
So although it wasn't a productive day, it was fun. Also surprisingly it was a sunny day. After cloud and rain yesterday and everyone saying how damp the UK is, long may the sun last.
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