Today has been a great day! Although a little hot- I sweated so much that I probably needed a bucket. (Sorry too much information). I went into London, on the hottest day of the year so far, I know; stupid decision but I was meeting friends for the day, so can you blame me?
The day started out a bit iffy after all of us, bar one, had train troubles, not a good omen some would say but not for us, well as far as I know. We met at Waterloo, then walked to South Bank. I had my small suitcase with me as I’m off to Wales for a few days, which meant it got carted around with us, being passed from one to the other as I’m the slow coach of the group. By this I mean I’m the least fit, which I’m working on but it takes time, so I’ve been told. Anyway enough about the stupid suitcase, which came in handy as a battering ram on the tube. The main reason we met up was for the Harry Potter Escape Room- we are creatures of our generation, don’t judge. This was so much fun, although most the time I stood looking like a lemon because I don’t know how to problem solve, and the things I did work out were entirely by chance. To be honest at the beginning I was more interested in finding a robe that fit over my boobs- shhh don’t tell anyone, that’s a secret… However, we worked well as a team, we didn’t kill each other, and we ESCAPED with 14 minutes to spare, which is pretty impressive- did I have doubts we’d complete it- no, never… I’ll have to show you the picture of us, we were pretty cool!
Post escaping, we were a little peckish, I’ll be honest I was a little naughty at lunch but I hadn’t had a Chinese in ages. The four of us made our way to China town, which can you believe one of my friends, Mignon had never been before- crazy! Back to my little treat which I shared with Hannah I will add. I had some aromatic duck and pancakes, chicken chow mein, sweet and sour pork and egg fried rice- total foodgasm! The others had other food that isn’t worth mentioning as I didn’t eat it. I’d like to say that although we ordered a lot we didn’t actually finish it all so there’s a silver lining to my guilt.
We wanted to go to Covent Garden but we may have got a wee bit lost, don’t ask how- turns out we took a wrong turn. However, it was not all grey skies (not literally, I was a puddle of burnt sweat) because we found a frozen yoghurt shop called Snog. I have to say I was rather lazy and gave my friends my card and found a table in the corner so that I could “relax”, not very easy in the never ending sauna. I had mango flavoured yoghurt with strawberries and chocolate flakes which cooled me down just enough to be able to move again. I mean by this point I just wanted the alcohol I had been promised- I’m not an alcoholic I swear, I’m just a student. When we finally found Covent Garden after a long detour through Soho, it was lovely but cocktails were calling my name. We went somewhere called Be at One which has happy hour between 16:30 and 19:00 which suited us just fine. I drank two beautiful Kiss by Rosés. These hit the spot perfectly and we just continued to have a catch up, I mean we are going on holiday together in just under four weeks but we hadn’t seen each other in ages, so I suppose it was ok to be sociable. Then it was time to say goodbye to Han and Mignon and continue with my little Welsh friend Karin and by little, I mean tiny.
Once we got to Paddington station, having to squeeze onto quite chock-a-block trains, we could breathe. I was a little cheeky and had a Burger King for dinner but I walked so much I needed to re-energise before the train journey so that I could talk to you guys.
All in all it has been a fantastic day, full of ups and not really any downs other than the obvious humidity and heat.
-MESSRS
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