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| No idea where this is, but it's in my London Album, so lets throw it in here! |
It was Summer of 2010, the first time I set foot in Europe on where else but the world famous, United Kingdom, more specifically the world famous London. This trip was done before I started this blog, and I'm writing the article finally now in 2020... I remember some of the beautiful photos, but I also remember I got pretty lit that one night, and the hangover shaded the memory a bit, however, with the help of travel articles and my faded memory, along with some great photos, here we go! 24 hours in London drunk on Layover!
- Getting to and from the city is no problem from Heathrow the train takes about 30 minutes and was definitely the best and easiest option.
- I stayed at an Airbnb in a tiny room close to Buckingham Palace for around $40 (this was around the dawn of Airbnb, so no idea if prices are better or worse now). The memory is foggy, but I recall, there was no AC, just a room fan, but even in the August heat it was comfy for a budget traveler.
Buckingham Palace is one of the last things I remember before London Happy Hour and night life took over. - I landed sometime in the morning, the Buckingham photo is around 10am, we have 24 hours to go, so let's see where the city took me!
- I got a quick breakfast and thought maybe a Bloody Mary would help with the jet lag, drank one... Time to start walking around...
- Check out the big wheel! Somewhere around here I stopped in a pub, I wanted to see if the beer was served warm, it was not.
- I checked out that big clock too!
- Sample the local food, I remember in 2010 it was kind of cheap, I wanted to try some local wine (even though I know better now that it's not quite the wine region), anyway one glass may have turned into a bottle. Back to walking around!
- Dont forget to check out that bridge!
- I have no idea where this bridge below is, but I found it in my pics and it looks cool
- Google tells me this is The Statue Of Victoria
- See some epic churches, I remember somewhere around here grabbing dinner, some random guy knew I was from out of town, he offered to buy a round for us and I would have been a rude guest to refuse! He also told me about some party places to check out when I split.
- Random Photos with people I have no idea of out partying, I appear to be drinking American Beer, as I always try local drinks I assume this must have been late night when senses were beginning to evade me. I see name tags on us... Hmmm.... No idea....
- At this point I vaguely remember a dance club, my camera is definitely dead, and this is before smart phones. We are around midnight/1am, at least in memory.
- After hours, again phone is dead, I vaguely remember eating some shitty street food on the subway/tube floor with random people that had been politely asked/kicked out of the club. Sometime around 3am.
- Celebrating waking up in my Airbnb somehow and not losing my wallet or camera! 8am, hangover is strong even though I don't look it! I needed coffee ASAP!
- Time for some strong British Coffee! About 2 hours to kill before my flight to South Africa! Hangover is very clearly showing now!
- Back to the Tube and one final photo of the tube station, and me on the final stretch before I said good bye to England, I wouldn't return until 2017 for a quick and great layover in Manchester, but that story is for another time.
- The Security official at the Airport asked me if I had a good last night in London, I was afraid my stench of alcohol sweating off may deny me boarding but instead he gave me a wink and said "Have a good flight mate!"
I remember as I checked into that airport and made it thru customs/security, thinking what an epic 24 hours it was, and since this was a layover vacation, it means the journey wasn't ending, it was just beginning!
Choose the continent!!!!
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