Oxford Day 5: London Trip

I woke up at 7 this morning and donned my England soccer jersey as I headed for the bus station. About 10 of us boarded a really neat double-decker bus and rode an hour and a half to London. London is quite different from Oxford. There are lots of old buildings, but not every building like Oxford. There are about 7 to 10 million people, so it looks a lot more like a city.

Upon arrival we paid about $30 each for a ticket on the “Big Bus Tour” and rode around London looking at the sights. There are a lot of neat things to see in London. One neighborhood we went by had a bunch of apartments lined up. Each apartment sold for around 30 million pounds, which is $60 million. They didn’t look like anything special. It’s pretty amazing really. We saw all the normal sites you see in London, then we went by Buckingham Palace at one point and watched some sort of parade with all the cavalry decked out in their full regalia and whatnot. It was boring for me, but I guess I’m not really the parade type. We all sorta split off after that, so me and a few guys went to Trafalgar Square and ate at the Texas Embassy. We ate in the top bar room so we could watch the first England game in the world cup. It was so awesome. Those guys are so amazing at soccer. England won with 1 to 0. We were pretty pumped and went outside to watch the people get excited about it.

As soon as we went outside a huge line of naked people on bikes came around the corner. Hundreds and hundreds of naked people rode by on their bicycles. It was quite a sight. Apparently, they were protesting vehicles and pollution or something like that. It certainly got people’s attention. It certainly well exceeded my penis-viewing quota for the year. I think I’ll puke if I see any more. I got some pictures, but I’m pretty sure there’s some rule against me posting them on here or Facebook, so you’ll have to ask me if you want to see them. Haha.

The rest of the day involved a ton of encounters with drunk British people. They really love a good win in Football over here. We got back to Oxford at around midnight. I probably walked 15 miles yesterday. I’m surprised that I’m not very sore.