June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009

Traveling from Heathrow airport in London to Miami, home. My journal pages stuffed with maple leaves that line the streets surrounding the Buckingham Palace, ticket stubs from the London Eye and pamphlets from many of the attractions we missed. I didn't feel like I needed to go to attractions; just being in this city was a big enough attraction.
Last night was beyond leaving me speechless. Yesterday was all together fascinating. Checking into the The Rubens hotel was what really started my day nice. We were greeted a the doors by a very nice, and tall man wearing a top hat and a long, green coat.  What an upgrade from the hotel Gyles and I stayed at the past two nights called Central House (thanks, Chris!)! That hotel really made me laugh. I guess it just added another item onto my list of experiences while traveling abroad. Our room barely fit us and our luggage, but we had nothing short of two of the best nights of my life. Plus, hotel rooms in London should only be for sleeping. Outside of your room is what really counts.
On our first night together in London we were advised by his parents to take the tubes (subway) to Convent Garden for a sunday night of entertainment and dinner. Being new to the city and all, something was bound to happen. We hopped on the wrong bus, and we didn't know where to get off either. So, we rode the bus until we were so far we weren't even on the map of London I was carrying in my purse. Finally someone told us to get off and get another bus going back south. We ended up in Leicester Square at an Italian restaurant appropriately called "Pizzeria Italiano". We asked for a table for two outside and the host sat us outback in a beautiful alleyway behind the restaurant. Jude Law was sitting two tables away from us with a group of people who didn't look as famous as him, or maybe they were more famous.
We ordered a bottle of white wine and pizza. What a great night with my love, in London, drinking wine and savoring the night.

xx
Lindsay

an excerpt from a journal I kept while I was visiting Jersey in the summer of 2009.