highlifer

England Day 2

After getting in at 5:oo I was afraid I'd sleep the day away, but I was actually up shortly after the sun, and starving. I decided to walk to the Marks and Spencer, and upon heading out the door, there was Montie! So we got him in and situated, and I headed to the store. Which was a little too whole Foods and not entirely serviceable, but I did get some pastries, chips, water, soda, juice and delicious little things that were like Mini-Ho-Ho's with orange flavored cream. And the newspapers of course. We all got ready and decided Picadilly Circus would be a good starting point today. We had a great cab driver who pointed out about a million things on the way, including Trafalgar Square and we decided to walk back that way. The only thing on the agenda was that I wanted to watch Arsenal-Liverpool. We found the ESPN-Zone style sports bar, and then walked around. The weird armless statue above was there, as were, of course, the lions.

We decided to head to a pub to kill time, but en route, I saw the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, where the Pet Shop Boys photographs were. Since it was free to get in, I ran down to check them out. It was a small exhibit, so I'm glad I hadn't gone out of my way to do this, but since it fell in my lap, I'm glad I went! then to the pub, Called Chandos. They served only Samuel Smith, but lots of varieties. Good! Cheap! We hit it a few more times during our trip, it was a good meeting place. It was here that I discovered the most delightful of British snacks, the toasty. Essentially a grilled cheese sandwich, it is indeed the best of all pub snacks. British food is the best!

Liverpool-Arsenal was nothing to speak of, Liverpool got totally outplayed. We hung around for a bit to watch American football, but finally, Mike and Amber headed back and Tom, Montie and I decided to wander about. We found the American sports bar that Montie knew about, Bodeans, where I had the jacket potato pictured above - a baked potato with sour cream, bacon, cheese, and beans. YUM! British food is the best!!!

After this, we headed home, where I got to watch the Pete Doherty doc on BBC.Even Tom was somewhat moved and interested, probably helped somewhat by his appearance with Shane McGowan. British TV....also the best.

And so to bed.

posted by jamie @ 11:41 AM