Well where to begin? I kept a pretty extensive journal through my trip, but to trabscribe it here would take entirely too long, and I'm sure you wouldn't want to read it all. So I'll just cut it down to basic events:
Tuesday, January 9th - Left LA and flew to London.
Wednesday January 10th - Arrive in London. Friends pick me up, I head to Bristol to stay with them.
Thursday January 11th - Buy a bottle of absinthe. Drink said bottle by myself. Extremely intoxicated.
Friday January 12th - Wake up at 7 AM. Still drunk. Take shower, get dressed, throw up. Stumble to the train station to meet SnowballInHell and Slite. Waiting on bench outside of station, throw up again on the sidewalk. Scoot over to the bench next to me. Meet up with SnowballInHell and Slite and head to TheDuke's flat. Being extremely hung over, I was pretty quiet the whole time and not much fun to be around. But it was cool to meet everyone. Finally forced some food down and started to feel better. Went to the White Harte. After heading back to drop SnowballInHell off at the train station, I got lost trying to find my way home. Wandered aimlessly around Bristol until I found the flat.
Saturday January 13th - SGUK meet, "An American Werewolf In Bristol" at the White Harte. Feeling much better, my friends I was staying with came with me, and I met up again with TheDuke, and also met Sky andJohnStitch. All very cool people. Also met a couple of TheDuke's friends who have to be some of the funniest guys I have ever met in my life. We moved to another pub later on and then carried on back to TheDuke's flat after that, where he generously shared his vodka. Thanks
Thursday January 18th - Caught a bus from Bristol to London. Worst wind I've ever had to fight my way through. Got lost in London and wandered around with a 30 pound bag on my back through wind and rain. Finally gave up and caught a cab. Checked into the Piccadilly Backpacker's hostel. Shared my room with 6 guys from Dublin about my age, maybe a few years younger. They would be out drinking until about 5 in the morning and stumble into the room, pull beers out of their pockets and keep drinking until they passed out. Hardcore.
Friday January 19th - Went to the Natural History Museum. Did a lot of sketches of fossils and skeletons/skulls. I'll try to post those as soon as I can. JohnStitch and Sky met me in front of the hostel that night and took me out for Tai food and then to The Ship. Met a lot of cool people from SGUK and everyone really made me feel welcome. Fun times. I had to leave a bit early though because I had to catch a bus back to Bristol Saturday morning.
Saturday January 20th - Was woken up about 4:30 AM by my Irish roommates again. It was alright though because I had to get up early anyways. Talked to them for a bit and they invited me out drinking with them the next night. Unfortunately I couldn't go since I would be in Bristol until Sunday. Turns out they ended up playing with the fire extinguishers in the hallway again Saturday night and some of them were arrested. Caught a bus to Bristol at 7AM and by 9:30 I found my way to a place called the Croft. My friends that I was staying with were shooting a video for their band Anemic. It was a cool day and when the video's done I'll be in there hitting on some girl. I felt like a pedophile though, since the girl they paired me up with was only 15
Sunday January 21st - Had a pint in a real pirate bar. I guess Blackbeard used to come in there and other pirates as well. So that was fun. Caught a bus back to London. Wandered around that night and ended up meeting a girl named Nikoletta. She was from Greece and was staying at the same hostel I was. We pretty much spent the rest of the time I was there together. Really cool person. We ended up just wandering around town until about 2AM. When we got back to the hostel I partied in the common room with TheBigT and a bunch of other people until 4 something in the morning. It was good to finally have people to hang out with at the hostel.
Monday January 22nd - I was supposed to go on a trip to Stonehenge and Bath today, but it was cancelled and I got a refund. So I ended up meeting JohnStitch for lunch and a pint and Nikoletta and I went up to Camden in the late afternoon/evening. We got a bite to eat and went back to the hostel for a bit. I went back down to The Ship around 8 and met up with JohnStitch and TheQuestion for a few pints. Those guys are great and had me cracking up. I hope we can do it again some time gentlemen. "Thwip" and Sometime around 11, I headed back to the hostel. I had 2 half bottles of rum and Nikoletta waiting for me I was up partying again until about 4:30AM and finally went to bed.
Tuesday January 23rd - About 7AM Nikoletta woke me up and I had to get ready to go. Took a quick shower and grabbed my stuff, (well most of at least. I think I left my PSP lying on my bed ) and went down to the breakfast room. Grabbed a bite to eat and Nikoletta walked me down to the street where we said our goodbyes and I headed out to the tube station. Went to Heathrow and that was it. Back to LA, back to San Bernardino, back to normal life. I hope I can get back out again sometime soon. Anemic has a tour coming up in Germany this April and they invited me out with them, so maybe I can do that. We'll see.
I wanted to say thank you though to everyone that I met while I was out there for taking me in and really making me feel at home. Especially SnowballInHell, JohnStitch, TheDuke, and Sky. If any of you ever get out here to the West coast, I hope you know you have a place to stay while you're here
Tuesday, January 9th - Left LA and flew to London.
Wednesday January 10th - Arrive in London. Friends pick me up, I head to Bristol to stay with them.
Thursday January 11th - Buy a bottle of absinthe. Drink said bottle by myself. Extremely intoxicated.
Friday January 12th - Wake up at 7 AM. Still drunk. Take shower, get dressed, throw up. Stumble to the train station to meet SnowballInHell and Slite. Waiting on bench outside of station, throw up again on the sidewalk. Scoot over to the bench next to me. Meet up with SnowballInHell and Slite and head to TheDuke's flat. Being extremely hung over, I was pretty quiet the whole time and not much fun to be around. But it was cool to meet everyone. Finally forced some food down and started to feel better. Went to the White Harte. After heading back to drop SnowballInHell off at the train station, I got lost trying to find my way home. Wandered aimlessly around Bristol until I found the flat.
Saturday January 13th - SGUK meet, "An American Werewolf In Bristol" at the White Harte. Feeling much better, my friends I was staying with came with me, and I met up again with TheDuke, and also met Sky andJohnStitch. All very cool people. Also met a couple of TheDuke's friends who have to be some of the funniest guys I have ever met in my life. We moved to another pub later on and then carried on back to TheDuke's flat after that, where he generously shared his vodka. Thanks
Thursday January 18th - Caught a bus from Bristol to London. Worst wind I've ever had to fight my way through. Got lost in London and wandered around with a 30 pound bag on my back through wind and rain. Finally gave up and caught a cab. Checked into the Piccadilly Backpacker's hostel. Shared my room with 6 guys from Dublin about my age, maybe a few years younger. They would be out drinking until about 5 in the morning and stumble into the room, pull beers out of their pockets and keep drinking until they passed out. Hardcore.
Friday January 19th - Went to the Natural History Museum. Did a lot of sketches of fossils and skeletons/skulls. I'll try to post those as soon as I can. JohnStitch and Sky met me in front of the hostel that night and took me out for Tai food and then to The Ship. Met a lot of cool people from SGUK and everyone really made me feel welcome. Fun times. I had to leave a bit early though because I had to catch a bus back to Bristol Saturday morning.
Saturday January 20th - Was woken up about 4:30 AM by my Irish roommates again. It was alright though because I had to get up early anyways. Talked to them for a bit and they invited me out drinking with them the next night. Unfortunately I couldn't go since I would be in Bristol until Sunday. Turns out they ended up playing with the fire extinguishers in the hallway again Saturday night and some of them were arrested. Caught a bus to Bristol at 7AM and by 9:30 I found my way to a place called the Croft. My friends that I was staying with were shooting a video for their band Anemic. It was a cool day and when the video's done I'll be in there hitting on some girl. I felt like a pedophile though, since the girl they paired me up with was only 15
Sunday January 21st - Had a pint in a real pirate bar. I guess Blackbeard used to come in there and other pirates as well. So that was fun. Caught a bus back to London. Wandered around that night and ended up meeting a girl named Nikoletta. She was from Greece and was staying at the same hostel I was. We pretty much spent the rest of the time I was there together. Really cool person. We ended up just wandering around town until about 2AM. When we got back to the hostel I partied in the common room with TheBigT and a bunch of other people until 4 something in the morning. It was good to finally have people to hang out with at the hostel.
Monday January 22nd - I was supposed to go on a trip to Stonehenge and Bath today, but it was cancelled and I got a refund. So I ended up meeting JohnStitch for lunch and a pint and Nikoletta and I went up to Camden in the late afternoon/evening. We got a bite to eat and went back to the hostel for a bit. I went back down to The Ship around 8 and met up with JohnStitch and TheQuestion for a few pints. Those guys are great and had me cracking up. I hope we can do it again some time gentlemen. "Thwip" and Sometime around 11, I headed back to the hostel. I had 2 half bottles of rum and Nikoletta waiting for me I was up partying again until about 4:30AM and finally went to bed.
Tuesday January 23rd - About 7AM Nikoletta woke me up and I had to get ready to go. Took a quick shower and grabbed my stuff, (well most of at least. I think I left my PSP lying on my bed ) and went down to the breakfast room. Grabbed a bite to eat and Nikoletta walked me down to the street where we said our goodbyes and I headed out to the tube station. Went to Heathrow and that was it. Back to LA, back to San Bernardino, back to normal life. I hope I can get back out again sometime soon. Anemic has a tour coming up in Germany this April and they invited me out with them, so maybe I can do that. We'll see.
I wanted to say thank you though to everyone that I met while I was out there for taking me in and really making me feel at home. Especially SnowballInHell, JohnStitch, TheDuke, and Sky. If any of you ever get out here to the West coast, I hope you know you have a place to stay while you're here
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Dam you for making me think about why that is .
I wanna' spend time in London soon.
it's kinda' tough getting back from a nice holiday back to normal life though, eh?
welcome back anyhow!
xo
jess