Sunday, August 07, 2005
Day 73: Birmingham to London
August 7: Not too cold today, spent the morning sorting through my entire luggage to work out what I will need with me over the next 6 weeks, as I'll be leaving my other bag at Luke's while in the UK, Spain and New York.
Saw that England won the 2nd Ashes test, held in Edgbaston, Birmingham. We were attempting to go to the test match (cricket) yesterday, but couldn't find any tickets cheaper than a few hundred dollars, hence we didn't go. Turned out to be a great match, but will have to try to see an Ashes test another time.
Caught the Virgin train to London, took a couple of hours.
After checking into my hotel for the night, I had a quick walk around my area - Tottenham Court Rd, Oxford St, and the dreaded Russel Square and Tavistock Square (bus bombed recently).
Met up with an old friend from Sydney, James Ingram, who is now working over here. Turned out to be a huge reunion in a pub (in Notting Hill) with other people from Sydney, including someone I did my undergraduate degree with - what a small world!
Great night!
Saw that England won the 2nd Ashes test, held in Edgbaston, Birmingham. We were attempting to go to the test match (cricket) yesterday, but couldn't find any tickets cheaper than a few hundred dollars, hence we didn't go. Turned out to be a great match, but will have to try to see an Ashes test another time.
Caught the Virgin train to London, took a couple of hours.
After checking into my hotel for the night, I had a quick walk around my area - Tottenham Court Rd, Oxford St, and the dreaded Russel Square and Tavistock Square (bus bombed recently).
Met up with an old friend from Sydney, James Ingram, who is now working over here. Turned out to be a huge reunion in a pub (in Notting Hill) with other people from Sydney, including someone I did my undergraduate degree with - what a small world!
Great night!
# posted by mishij @ 9:39 AM 
