The traditional english breakfast, and The Sheep in london

HOLA! (this is spanish for hello)

I'm currently lying peacefully in a four star hotel room in Valencia, Spain, and there is a snoring walrus sleeping next door to me.





We're here for the spanish tomato throwing festival, the La Tomatina, aka the BIGGEST FOOD FIGHT IN THE WORLD! which is set to happen two days from now

 

So we left London this morning to catch the plane down to Spain, but before that we finally visited the traditional english cafe we saw on the first day (blogged about it here) for breakfast, this kind of cafe is aka as a 'greasy spoon'. Check out the vast quantities of food you can get for 3.50 pounds each (ze senorita ordered extra hash browns)



mm omelette breakfast.....! sexy baked beans


attacking le bacon


mm baked beans


Also we went to stonehenge two days before and I brought back a black sheep for my sister
His name is Crazy Black Sheep (and he has a friend, Crazy White Sheep)
Here they are in london reading UK cosmo




and on the streets of London, Russell Square
 

SHEEP OVERBOARD

And here in Valencia:


Anyway it's crazy-7am so going to go to sleep
Buenos nachos! (this means goodnight in espanol!) what adventures will the morning bring

PPS. Safekeeping links for gelato in rome from wendy x x

more photos - Exploring London day 1 at generator hostel

Here are some snaps from our first evening in London

London is surprisingly sunny and warm! This photo was taken at 6pm
The sun drops at 8pm, and 11pm feels like late evening. Can anyone say SUNNY.


in front of russell square station!


lesbian and gay bookshop on the street. love it


walking to the hostel


3.50 pounds for a cafe full english breakfast?!?!?!? Impressed

All my fears about starving in london have evaporated. Good food is cheap (eden is over the moon) and plentiful, from curry to hommus restaurants to australian pubs (we haven't gone in but chris reckons they sell kangaroo) 1.5 pounds for breakfast! 35 pence for our massive bottles of water cos london water is salty and recycled from the River Thames (ZE RIVER TAMES)


Indian food - the quality mainstay of london cuisine

Had indian for our first dinner in london @ a tiny shop called motijheel
had a vego curry degustation platter for 8.95 pounds
Assorted curries with basmati, crispy vegetable fritter and naan bread... delish!




Love the british accent. I was out trying to buy a phone sim the other night, instead got propositioned for dinner by the curry store owner. London guys don't ask you if you're free, they just tell you, 'I'm takin yur out fur dinner', and the accent is so dreamy it doesn't even matter who it is that's asking what, all you need to do is nod and shout 'okay!'. It'd be so easy to mug ppl if you were pommie..... ''And over yur cash!' ..... 'okay!'


Hobo sitting in front of russell square
Hobos in london don't huddle quietly with their cardboard signs, they have dogs instead and definitely aren't quiet or shy - one came straight up to us and goes 'give some money to my dog! woof woof! woof!' londoners are barking mad


BERRIES ARE SO CHEAP HERE. Box of berries for 1 pound - snapped up 2x raspberries and 1x blueberries for 3 pounds. Six australian dollars. Oh my god.

London generator hostel breakfast day 2!!!!

GENERATOR HOSTEL LOUNGE, LONDON, 9:30AM WEDNESDAY

Our dorm, bunking with chris, claudio from romania, and eden below me ;)


Just had a super englishy 1.5 pound hostel breakfast
Cocopops, bran flakes and muesli, 2 slices buttered toast and hot english breakfast tea
IM SUCH A POM NOW



Awesome toast machine!!!!!

Running out to buy a london phone and view possible apartments on Baker Street now
talk to yo soon!

In transit to London at Tai pei airport!

HELLO EVERYONE!!

it's 5:45am taipei time and we're at the transit terminal leeching free wifi

The 9 hour flight from sydney to tai pei was killer, I do NOT recommend the china airlines airbus 330 for long haul flights
And we have a 14 hour flight to london still to go
LOL i used to like flying on planes!! thank god eden and chris are here with me









3 minutes of battery left lol!!
miss you guys already xxx

hooray choco loco i am going to london for six months

Brrr... looks like it might be a tad chilly in London

1.5 months before I leave for the land of Harry Potter, the Secret Seven, (even more fanatical) soccer fanatics, underground jazz clubs, Ricky Gervais and The Beatles =)

Here is the List in Progress of interesting things to Eat when in London

1. Spotted dick (this is a cake lolwtf)
2. Yorkshire pudding for lunch everyday (tried this in star city..... v gd)
3. Cheesy fish and chips wrapped in newspaper
4. Cheerios and Cocopops for dinner every 2nd night
5. Potato mash, potato stew, potato casserole, potato pie
6. Indian food on Brick Lane, bagels on Brick Lane
7. Pub grub and afternoon tea at the Ritz Hotel (fancypants!)
8. The Fat Duck poshy restaurant
9. Haigh's chocolates at Harrod's

Non-foodie suggestions also welcome LOL I will make a new list

List in Progress of interesting things to do/see/visit when in London

1. Harry Potter tour of hogwarts, diagon alley and platform 9 3/4
2. Visit EVERYTHING from the monopoly board
3. Window shopping in Soho!
4. Abbey Road, home of the Beatles
5. The original English Lush shop
6. London walking tours (freee!)
7. West End shows (tix on lasttix online)
8. English High Tea @ The Lanesborough, Hyde Park Corner
9. Promenades at the British seaside @ Brighton

Haha awesome! thank you for your suggestions!
help me add to the list?