Paartey!

Day 3, Sunday 7

While we missed the Greenwich trip, we did have plans of our own. Kimberly had found out about the Regent St. festival, starting at noon... of course we didn't leave until 2:00, but we made it. We could've walked, we certainly knew the way now, but we decided to try our luck using the tube. It was fun, and though it was the easiest route in the world (a couple of stops down Picadilly line), it still felt great that we managed. We own this city lol

We made it to the festival and quickly had all the food samples we could get without being kicked out XD There were a lot of stands and the shops around us had a lot of discounts... I went into some nice coughexpensivecough stores, just to try on clothes, and came close to seriously considering buying a very elegant rain coat. In the end it was just too much. I'll have my little extravagance on something else, by the end of the semester when I won't deprive myself of something important (like a trip to France or something like it). It was a shame that Kimberly and Martha didn't join me in trying on clothes, since they just had to sit there while I had fun.

Kimberly and I went into a tea-shop and bought some instant tea. Hers is a mixture of flavours, a bit heavy but tasty, designed to put you to sleep. Mine is Mango&Passionfruit, and it's light and veryvery refreshing. I'd already bought a box with very good Earl Grey and my regular green tea, so I wanted something lighter I could use for... well, pretty much for soda substitute XD This does the trick marvelously. I also wanted a lovely tea set, but I figured there wasn't much case to it, since it might break on the plane, and I don't think I have room to have it as a carry-on. We'll see when the time comes. Still three more months to consider it.

There was a pair of actors, playing Dumbledore and Hagrid for some reason, and being the little geeks/dorks that we are, we went and took pictures with them. All the time I wanted my Kavi and Sabs there, kept imagining you guys joining in the act or something lol God knows we have the theory down on that lol.

We also ran into a theatre group, doing some street acting... I immediately recognised it as Hamlet (love it!!!), but I was surprised that for others it wasn't obvious they were interpreting it, not even when Ofelia's death was announced. Maybe I'm just obsessed. Either way, they were awesome, and it was a pity we didn't follow them, but we had much more to see.

There were some musicians playing... some just performing contemporary songs on the street and some delighted us with classical music on stage. I developed a crush on the cellist, but I seem to do that a lot... No one like my Zuill Bailey though *swoon* I wonder if he's still happily married and with children lol XD


We stopped at a gift shop and I bought a little purse for Gaby (for her mobile), some postcards, a London poster, a very thin maroonish scarf (just to decorate, really, not warm enough for autumn. I'm set for those months in any case) and a really soft, cream-colored pashmina.


We continued down the road and when we were done, we headed down to Oxford street, where it is a little bit less expensive. Still didn't buy anything, but we saw some places we might consider for later on. As we went down, we noticed an increasing amount of middle eastern shops... we have no idea what it was called there, so we just nicknamed it 'little middle-east'. We went to shop around and Kim actually bought some clothes... I wanted a nice coat, but I'm not sure I really need it... besides, it's too early to buy one so warm.

It was around 7 when we decided we were beat. We took a bus down home and saw that Chinatown was a couple of streets from Picadilly circus, so we made a note to go back and check it out. Then we went to sleep. XD

lots of love!