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Kevin's Trip - Day 2 - London

July 29, 2007 // 2 Comments  // Add yours »

Kevin here again.  The plane landed in London and we got off of it. We went to nearby ATM's where I took out £50 (the equivalent to $100). Then we drove through London where I took many pictures and we made many a joke and had many a laugh.  We got our hotel rooms at the Kensington Close Hotel.  The rooms were very tiny and require the use of our cards to power the electricity or else we cannot see inside the bathroom due to the fact that there were no windows.  The bathtub was two feet off of the ground, one of us will forget this and get hurt stepping out of the shower.  We took British subways to somewhere and came out near the Thames River and the British Airlines Eye of London.  I turned around and saw Big Ben and went, "Whooo! Picture time!"

I proceeded to take a lot of pictures as we wandered the streets of London.  We stopped in a McDonalds. Whoa! I got a burger that was  half of a centimeter thick, actually it was only half of that half.  It actually looked like they took a burger before it was cooked and actually sliced it thinner.  The burger was black and the bun burned my hand. Needless to say, I was displeased. We continued on our way holding the trash from McDonald's because apparently there are no public garbage cans in London.  Seriously, we couldn't find any. We turned a corner finally, and there in an inconvenient spot, was a row of about ten garbage cans within three feet of each other and nowhere else in London.  These  garbages could be spread out all over the city but no, they have to be all really close to each other.

We took a boat along the River Thames in which we all fell asleep halfway and then enjoyed a great view on the Eye of London, a gigantic Ferris Wheel that offers excellent photo opportunies and reveals nice-looking buildings to be frauds (they really aren't nice-looking.) After the wheel, we took the subway to a location near our hotel. There was this old wooden wagon there where for some reason, police had decided to place a boot on it. We split up into our groups and walked down the street looking for an eatery shop (restaurant, if you will). We found this restaurant called "ASK".  It was exactly what I expected a European restaurant to look like.  It was all modern with couches and weird paintings that anyone could improve on. The food was good, I ordered two appetizers of cheesy garlic bread.  My two appetizers (which were my meal) came well after everybody else was finished with their own meals.  I didn't have to pay a single bit of money for my meal because Mr. Anderson paid for all of us.  Good ol' chap.  We finished up, all of us content, and headed to the hotel where I will very soon pass out from lack of sleep.

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So one time me and Kevin had the biggest argument. I asked him which would he prefer. To be deaf for the rest of his life. Or to be blind for the rest of his life. He chose to be blind because he cannot live without music. To this I disagreed, because if you are blind your no longer independent. You can't watch movies. You can't drive your car. Basically you can't do anything. You can't even get a real job probably. Now he responded to me and my choice of being deaf by saying that I wont be able to hear anything ever again and that I'll lose my balance. My rebutle was that if he goes blind he's be bumping into everything. So all in all.

My theory of why he was up that late is because he was practicing being blind. Casually bumping into everything.
Consider the platypus. Its a mammal but it lays eggs. I have to ask you. Does that make sense? It does not make sense ladies and gentlemen.

Which would you prefer to be Sean? Deaf and the life of mental solitude. Or blind and the life of darkness.

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007 4:37:12 PM

Hey Kevin! Sounds like you're having a good time. You didn't get to see Abbey Road?????

What were you doing till 230 in the morning?

Glad you got a chance to post an update.. I'm hoping to see more. Have fun in Scotland!

Posted on: Aug 2, 2007 4:38:26 PM

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