Alright, you crazy chickens 
, here comes the last day to my journey to London. Sorry this has taken so long to write.
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Friday
Well, the plan for the last full day in London was to do some hard core shopping; since my sister had already been in London once already, she didn't see the point in spending her money on touristy things (like I did) and she was waiting to spend it on clothes that you can only get in London. Now, where would two girls under the age of 20 go to shop in London for clothes? Well, the King's Road of course!
Firstly, because my dad wanted to show us how to get there, we went to another Lebonese restaurant to grab a quick chicken shwarma sandwich. At this point, my anxiety was at a new low as I had this amazing dizzy spell and lost my ability to swallow. Great. Just FUCKING great. I didn't mention anything to my dad as there would have been nothing for him to do about it and I didn't want him to worry. After managing to eat my sandwich and drink my freshly made strawberry juice (yum!), my dad left me and my sister to explore the King's Road.
The first place we went to was Jigsaw, an amazing clothing store which is also very overpriced- I saw a jacket there for 959! My sister ended up buying a skirt and shirt outfit, and I just bought myself a zip-up shirt. Afterwards, we went next door to Partridges, this amazing grocery store! One of the most amazing things I saw there was that you could buy goose fois gras from the meat counter! You can't do that here in Calgary! Well, after drooling over the expensive foods (and buying a jar of strawberries & champagne jam), we headed over to Dune, this amazing shoe store. Now, I have a thing for shoes and everytime I go into a shoe store, I always end up with a pair of shoes. I have so many pairs of shoes that it's ridiculous (I'm not at the Carrie Bradshaw level, but for a student who doesn't make a whole lot of money, I have quite a bit). I ended up buying this beautiful pair of black suede boots and a new wallet. In order for me to buy the boots and wallet, I had to run to an ATM and pull out an additional 100. Needless to say, my bank machine is suffering a little right now. After going to a few more shops, we headed back to the flat.
I wasn't feeling to good in the evening, so dad gave me some money to go run to Waitrose and grab something to take for my stomach. Of course, when I go and look at what they have for OTC stomach relief, all I found was heartburn relief medication, which I didn't need! I ended up buying alka-seltzer, as it was better than nothing. After downing that, we headed down to Motcombs.
My dad knows the head chef at Motcombs and asked this guy, Aaron, if he could get us into Zuma. Zuma, if you have never heard of it, is the "in" Japanese restaurant to go to. Since Aaron is good friends with the head chef at Zuma, getting us in was no problem. After meeting up with another friend of my dad's, we walked over to Zuma where my Japanese dining experience would begin. At first, I was intimidated because I hadn't had a lot of experience with Japanese food and I was afraid that I wouldn't like anything on the menu. Surprisingly, I found a few new favourite foods that I like, such as sashimi (yellow tailed snapper and sea bass), and passion fruit! I have never had fresh passionfruit before and I feel in love with it instantly. I only wish that I could buy it here in Calgary *pouts*. And yeah, the rest of the night was Zuma, until 9:00 as we had already been there for three hours and it was getting insanely busy in there.
And, again, some details left out, but this was the best part of the day, and that's all that matters.
I had a panic attack that lasted for nine hours today. Needless to say, I'm exhausted. Sleep well, children.
, here comes the last day to my journey to London. Sorry this has taken so long to write.
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Friday
Well, the plan for the last full day in London was to do some hard core shopping; since my sister had already been in London once already, she didn't see the point in spending her money on touristy things (like I did) and she was waiting to spend it on clothes that you can only get in London. Now, where would two girls under the age of 20 go to shop in London for clothes? Well, the King's Road of course!
Firstly, because my dad wanted to show us how to get there, we went to another Lebonese restaurant to grab a quick chicken shwarma sandwich. At this point, my anxiety was at a new low as I had this amazing dizzy spell and lost my ability to swallow. Great. Just FUCKING great. I didn't mention anything to my dad as there would have been nothing for him to do about it and I didn't want him to worry. After managing to eat my sandwich and drink my freshly made strawberry juice (yum!), my dad left me and my sister to explore the King's Road.
The first place we went to was Jigsaw, an amazing clothing store which is also very overpriced- I saw a jacket there for 959! My sister ended up buying a skirt and shirt outfit, and I just bought myself a zip-up shirt. Afterwards, we went next door to Partridges, this amazing grocery store! One of the most amazing things I saw there was that you could buy goose fois gras from the meat counter! You can't do that here in Calgary! Well, after drooling over the expensive foods (and buying a jar of strawberries & champagne jam), we headed over to Dune, this amazing shoe store. Now, I have a thing for shoes and everytime I go into a shoe store, I always end up with a pair of shoes. I have so many pairs of shoes that it's ridiculous (I'm not at the Carrie Bradshaw level, but for a student who doesn't make a whole lot of money, I have quite a bit). I ended up buying this beautiful pair of black suede boots and a new wallet. In order for me to buy the boots and wallet, I had to run to an ATM and pull out an additional 100. Needless to say, my bank machine is suffering a little right now. After going to a few more shops, we headed back to the flat.
I wasn't feeling to good in the evening, so dad gave me some money to go run to Waitrose and grab something to take for my stomach. Of course, when I go and look at what they have for OTC stomach relief, all I found was heartburn relief medication, which I didn't need! I ended up buying alka-seltzer, as it was better than nothing. After downing that, we headed down to Motcombs.
My dad knows the head chef at Motcombs and asked this guy, Aaron, if he could get us into Zuma. Zuma, if you have never heard of it, is the "in" Japanese restaurant to go to. Since Aaron is good friends with the head chef at Zuma, getting us in was no problem. After meeting up with another friend of my dad's, we walked over to Zuma where my Japanese dining experience would begin. At first, I was intimidated because I hadn't had a lot of experience with Japanese food and I was afraid that I wouldn't like anything on the menu. Surprisingly, I found a few new favourite foods that I like, such as sashimi (yellow tailed snapper and sea bass), and passion fruit! I have never had fresh passionfruit before and I feel in love with it instantly. I only wish that I could buy it here in Calgary *pouts*. And yeah, the rest of the night was Zuma, until 9:00 as we had already been there for three hours and it was getting insanely busy in there.
And, again, some details left out, but this was the best part of the day, and that's all that matters.
I had a panic attack that lasted for nine hours today. Needless to say, I'm exhausted. Sleep well, children.
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You look after yourself.
didn't know that you can't get food like foie gras in Calgary-you can in Toronto, not everywhere but a few spots near me. I will shut up before I sound like a prig or something, you know what some people accuse Torontonians of.
But to repeat again, really ,you look after yourself. Hang out with your friends etc...