Adventures on the Tube

Waking up this morning was a little difficult to say the least. Enjoying life in a foreign country is tiring, apparently. We had to be up and ready to go at 9:30 this morning outside of our flats for a walking tour of Little Venice and the surrounding area. First of all, our tour guide was this adorable elderly Irish man who used his huge umbrella to point out everything. It was so neat! We walked alongside the canals throughout Little Venice and ended up in Regent’s Park, which I am convinced is the place where Roger and Anita met in 101 Dalmations. It was really pretty, because there were a ton of ponds, all of which you could rent a boat in. One of the ponds had bumper boats, which definitely caught my eye. One thing that definitely ticked me off was that the dang 2-hour tour wasn’t in a circle. It ended in Regent’s Park, which was a good 45-minute walk away from the flats, and I didn’t think to bring my Tube pass. And neither did a good number of other people. Lame. So I spent 5 pounds on a day pass for Zones 1 and 2 and used that all day.

Sidenote, one of my flatmates, Jackie, ALMOST didn’t make it out in time for our stop once today on the tube. I cannot possibly explain in words the looks of horror on both our faces and her own face. God must have been paying attention, because somehow, the doors opened back up, and she was able to jump off and join us. Close one…

So our flat had some awesome bonding today, which was such a blast! We all went out for dinner over near the Piccadilly Circus Tube stop. This place was incredible. It’s pretty much the Times Square of London. We walked out of the tube, and my jaw just dropped. Of course there were tons of people, and bright advertisements all around, but what shocked me was that the buildings were all Victorian and beautiful. I felt like they were the CGI in the background of some movie, except it was all somehow real. Incredible.

We then proceeded to walk all around the area looking for a place to eat dinner. There were TONS of places, but unfortunately, they were all so dang expensive. It was good, though, because we ventured into all these little nooks and crannies of London that most tourists would never see. We saw where lots of shows are playing and we randomly found ourselves in the middle of Chinatown. There were some definite funny moments there; we saw Asians with facemasks on, which was funny. Eventually, we found this hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant called Rosodesere, which was absolutely delicious! I had this pasta which would have been equivalent to Elon’s bowtie ballet in Octagon. But it wasn’t even comparable—it was REAL Italian. So we ventured over to the Holborn tube stop and made our way back to Warwick Avenue to come back home. And that’s the end of another day in Little Venice. Tomorrow, coach tour all over London! Look forward to some sweet pictures!!