Jeeze I need to stop Blogging so much

I wasn't going to blog today... but there have been new developments. I found out today that I just might be an idiot. I got out my Eurostar pass to get an inkling as to where I'm supposed to go for this train tomorrow, only to find out that I don't leave until Tuesday. Like I said, I'm an idiot. Oh well. So, now I'm going to visit Bath tomorrow (it houses some excellent Roman ruins of public baths) and stay a day or two, and then head up North to Scotland and go backpacking because there's some spectacular scenery up there. I'll come back to London on Monday, stay the night, and then leave for Paris at 5 AM. Ugh.

Today has been pretty good so far. I woke up at 5 again, but didn't get up until six thirty. I took a shower and ate breakfast, then read for an hour or so because if you wait to buy a day pass for the Tube until after 930 it's cheaper. I went straight to Westminster again, and then straight to Westminster abbey. Even for a student, it's 9£s to get in (18$) but it was well worth it. The architecture is dramatic, sweeping, and impressive (and Gothic). There were these audio tours included in the price where some pompous-sounding Brit took you on a tour of the church. It was pretty impressive. Toward the end, though, I found a definition of irony: the tomb of Charles Darwin (y'know, the guy who founded the theory of revolution, even if he was a devout christian) is buried in a church. I loled to myself on that one.

After the abbey, I went to Covent Garden again (which is where I was yesterday but couldn't remember the name) and saw this guy on a really really tall unicycle juggling machetes and an apple. That was cool. Then I wandered around, exchanged some of my dollars for pounds, and then went to the British Museum. It was so cool. The main room was huge and open, with a modern-looking glass ceiling supported by traditional roman columns. In the middle is a vast cylinder that houses the original Reading Room where Karl Marx, among others, read and thought and wrote. I found a souvenier there for somebody, and shipped it home. The souvenier was only 15$, but the shipping was 30. So, I've spent much more money in my first three days than I meant to, but mostly for the stupid camera. I just have to make sure my other mistakes are not expensive.

Now I'm at an internet cafe back in covent garden... it's only 4:15 but I'm exhausted. I've been walking around London since 10 this morning (without sitting down for more than about two minutes at a time). Anyway, I plan to buy a frozen pizza for a couple pounds, eat and read, and then maybe hit a pub tonight, we'll see. I can always do that monday night. This time I mean it when I say I'm not gonna blog for a couple of days.

-Swag