This morning was the first visit in my life to a laundromat. All the machines ate my money, but the place had an attendant who sorted it out. He also promised to guard my clothes so I didnt have to sit in front of washing machines and dryers for hours.
Eventually it was done and I headed off to Harrods.
There were lots of cars parked around it, I was there before it opened so had nothing to do but sneak shots of the cars, some of the nicer ones I didnt take photos of because angry looking arabs were guarding them or in them.
Harrods itself was ok, mainly perfume and watches, the food halls were pretty good though.
The laundromat.
Ferrari.
Cheap Ferrari.
4 door maserati quattroporte.
The new jag.
Bentley.
In the afternoon I headed off the the Thames festival. Now why you would hold a festival along the filthy river im not sure, but despite this some people climbed down into the mud to make sand castles, braver people than me.
The festival itself was very disappointing, miles of kebab shops and people flogging t-shirs with a union jack on it. Apparently there were to be fireworks in the evening.
In the evening I decided to go for a walk around Kensington, however this was a bad plan as on Sundays all the shops shut at 5 and its the sort of place where you go to look in shops.
The remains of a pig.
Helter Skelter.
Barge racing, no one really noticed it was happening.
DONT MISS ME!
A disappointing pirate ship replica.
Bristol fighter v12 gull wing doors.
Today I did a lot of walking.
First I went to see the changing of the guard at buckingham palace. Its not particularly impressive, a brass band comes, some people yell, you cant see much etc. They close down streets for this, the amazing part is they do it every day.
Then I rode on a ferry to Greenwich, where time itself was created, you have to hike up a large hill and theres astronomy and clock displays. The view is very good, and its all free. The ferry however costs an absolute fortune, take the train if you ever go.
Bonus shot of the outside of my hotel.
The more impressive guards, on horseback with armour, with a police escort, guards for the guards.
Machine gun guard, the worlds most boring job, I kicked him because ive seen in movies they arent supposed to flinch, but he chased me!
Buckingham palace, surprisingly dissapointing, there are many more impressive buildings which are just shops or houses in the city.
Fancy gates<
A million people waiting for a brass band.
The band.
The guard, they surprisingly werent particularly well drilled, the size difference between the men and women probably makes it difficult.
We are everywhere.
The ferry is so slow, I started being stupid.
Both hands point to the idiot.
The view from greenwich.
The other view from the same place.
Alvin himself.
Straddling time at the 0 meridian.
Didnt take any photos today.
It rained constantly all day, more rain than I have ever seen in my life.
I went to the natural history museum, which is full of animals mainly, lots of dinosaurs. They have an animatronic dinosaur which is life sized and makes a lot of noises, children all started screaming and crying, it was great.
Then it rained some more.
I had a marks and spencer pasta salad for dinner, and hung around the hotel to rest my soaking wet feet.
Went to Oxford on the train today. Its about an hour west of London and you have to change trains at Reading. The trains were fast and perfectly on time again.
Oxford is a large university city with many old buildings, however they charge you to get into them all, and I wasnt about to pay to see the inside of a church.
It would seem its also a city for tourists who want to go shopping, but these days its just the same stores as you find in london, it is a bit weird seeing subway and mcdonalds inside buildings that look like castles.
The train station at oxford, note the thousands of bikes, you can see bikes in large numbers around lots of stations, even in london.
A market, the meat on show out in the open unrefrigerated is something you wouldnt see in Australia.
The high street.
The christ church.
More christ, there was no wood that I could see.
Artistic photo.
Cobble stones, watching someone ride a bike over them is amusing.
Bad photo of me.
Some other impressive old building.
The historic covered market, it smelt of rotten fish.
The town cryer.
You see dogs everywhere in london, in malls like this, on the train, not dogs for blind folks, just regular dogs.
My lunch, a burrito from the mission that was delicious, the hot sauce was actually hot, yes I went to historic oxford and had mexican food.
You can rent a small boat such as this, and then im not sure what.
In the centre of town theres large open areas that no one uses for anything useful such as this one, theres lots of signs telling you to keep off the grass.
The oxford castle, seems to be some sort of theme park with a ghost train and flashing lights and hosts a rave on the weekends.
I think I spotted a nuclear power plant.
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