London Fun

London certainly has changed a lot in the 6 months since I was last here. Well, not really. But it was a lot warmer then. Temperatures were hotter in London than in Spain when we were here in July. Now it is cold and rainy. But still good! At the very least it is good to have some English beer again. Funny how I used to hate it, but now I miss it.

Speaking of beer, Dzido, Britt and I had a great little night last night. We had some Chinese food and then went to a local pub for a pint or two. While we were there we met a couple of English guys who looked as if they had been drinking for about 4 days straight, though they assured us it had only been since about 10am. At first we were a bit wary when they challenged Dzido to an arm wrestle, but once he wiped the floor with the drunker guy of the two, they bought us drinks and we all sat around having a laugh. There is one thing you cannot fault the English for- their pub generocity. They would buy anyone a drink as long as they were willing to chat for a while. Of course, because this is London, one of them turned out to have a Polish mother, so he and Dzido got to yak away in Polish. I am starting to think that Polish is spoken more widely than English these days! But it was a great night. Mostly laughing at just how incapacitated our new friend (Rich) really was. Honestly, I was impressed at his abaility to stand by the end of the night.

Great to have Britt here as well. It is very stange when someone from North America comes to visit us in Europe. It seems as though two worlds are colliding. There is the pre-trip world of university and life in Mississauga, and then there is the isolated world of Europe where the only familar face for about 4000kms is Dzido. Good to have some variety I think!

Today it is back to the difficult task of planning our Australia escape. We have decided to rent a camper van for 40 days of driving through the outback and snaking up the coast, surfing and camping as the geography dictates. I am really excited to head down under. It is going to be summer there and the latest temperatures in Sydney are around 35 degrees Celsius. Looks like I am just going to skip winter altogether this year. Although, that could be said for Toronto too from what I hear. Can't wait to hit the beach and get a nice tan. We still remember well our lessons from Spain and will be sure to apply sunscreen EVERYWHERE this time.

Best wishes to all. Next time I blog I will be about as far away from the rest of the world as you can get and in some strange time zone that lets me live a day before you even start one!