Slept in until 11:45 AM! Almost a record.
Ate breakfast at 1 PM - I think that is a record.
Went into London mid-day and the trains were almost empty - had my pick of seats.
Found out that Waterloo Station pipes in classical music on Sundays.
Felt like a rock star on the down escalators in the tube station. When no one is in front of you, wind blows up from the tunnels and blows your hair back from your face.
Found all of the annoying horns and whistles from the World Cup in South Africa had moved to Nottting Hill for the weekend for Carnival.
Found Harrow Cemetery and walked uneasily along the 20 foot high brick wall surrounding it that is about to topple over(a part of the wall has already fallen.) The cemetery was quite beautiful even if it is run down a bit.
(this is how they are propping the wall up)
Even scarier as it is not even 21st Century Scaffolding.Saw the Kensington Fire Brigade outside their station taking pictures with Carnival revelers.
Felt my whole body vibrate to the deep bass thump thump of the amplifiers at Carnival. It was like moving from concert to concert as you walk down the street with people stopping to dance spontaneously in the the middle of it all.
Got on the wrong train for the first time ever and ended up in Wembley. Nothing was there on a random Sunday - so I just got on another train to get me home.
One more thing - it felt like fall today - wind blowing wildly at times, a few leaves falling from the trees, a brief afternoon shower and cool but comfortable temperatures. Probably still felt like summer to Londoners, but felt like fall to a Texan.
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Oh, how I long for fall.
hahaha me and my friends got on the wrong way tube and it ended up that there was someone sick on the tube so it took like an hour to get to the station where we could switch to the right way tube :/
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