Autumn in London '06

Kingston Calling

Hello All,

It always seems like the exciting stuff happens on the weekends (funny how that is, isn't it?).

This time, Kevin and I had a sort of random and all-over-the-place sort of weekend, which started Friday with some mundane laundry and homework action. As the evening drew nearer, however, we both decided that we wanted to go do something fun, so we chose to seek out the legendary crosswalk, made famous by the Beatles, on Abbey Road. After some internet research, we set out for a stretch of Abbey Road (it's a big road) situated near the border of the London Boroughs of Camden and Westminster, north west of the city center. But our journey didn't meet with the success that we had planned. After more than an hour wandering about a rather residential part of Camden, we were still unable to find any trace of the crosswalk. So we decided to grab some drinks and head home to watch a moviefilm.

Saturday, after sleeping in well past noon, Kevin set out to do some work on his dissertation. I was planning to go home and just chill out, but then I got a text message from our mutual friend Ryan, who's also studying abroad in England this term, that said he was coming to London for the day. So, I met up with him and we walked around Central London for a few hours, just chatting and catching up on each other's experiences in London thus far. As dinner time approached, we went back to South Kensington to meet up with Kevin, and from there we decided that we'd go back to Ryan's university to go to a club there with some of his friends. Ryan goes to school in a suburb of London called Kingston, a good 20 minute train journey south west of London.

When we arrived, Ryan showed me around the area near his school. Kingston is a very nice little suburb, with lots of houses and much more green space than in London. A bit later, Kevin met up with us, and we, along with Ryan and his friend Russell, all went to a club in downtown Kingston. The venue was small, crowded, smokey, and not very well decorated, but we still had a good time.

Sunday was a day of relaxation after a busy weekend, and we culminated the evening by, you guessed it, watching another movie. Thanksgiving fast approaches, and Brendan will be here visiting soon!

Stay tuned...

posted by Zachary Nicholson @ 9:08 AM