Pommes!

[ithika]

Pomme is apple, or maybe puree in French. Actually I think Puree is probably Puree in French. But I'm referring, in this case, to the English. In fact. Yes.

London is cool. Just today we visited Hampton Court Palace. Henry VIII might have been a bit of a dick but he had taste. Or at least, his architect did. And his tapestry... techt.

Tomorrow we start our super hippie road trip of the UK in a combie van. Yess. I'm excited. I have to be brief because I only have 5 minutes left.
The internet is a bit hard to come by here. The mac store on Regent street is far from where we're staying on Westminster bridge road.

I think I will get a mac when I get back. The architecture community has had nothing but praise for their ability to run cad things and be good at stuff, so the only concern left is gaming - and to be REALLY , brutally honest the only PC game I've played in ages is WoW. Or the odd RTS, or Fable. And I can just steal Gavin's computer for those. Really. And I need more games for my Wiii anyway.

OH GOD I CRAVE PLAYING POKEMON SO BAD YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
I mentioned this months ago and it hasn't gotten any better.

I also brought Some Pratchett books for 1.50 pounds each (where is the pound button ffs), one of them is Soul Music and I'd forgotten just how good this book is. Yep.
That's all I have time to say!

Comments

[louisthefly.livejournal.com]

pomme = apple
pomme de terre = potato (apple of the earth)

and POME = Prisoner Of Mother England. Originally used to refer to Australian convicts (who were prisoners from mother England) but came to be used by Australians to refer to those 'imprisoned' in mother England.

I'm full of useless information...sometimes.

the pound button is shift+7....right?

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

Apple of the earth, that is so awesome.

And that POME information was quite interesting! I don't have any useless information of my own to contribute. Alas!

Not on this comptuer. On this one it's Shift+3! £££££
How are things?

[louisthefly.livejournal.com]

I just figured out a couple of days ago how to fix my computer so it didn't think my keyboard was australian, even though it knew it was japanese. Other than that things is good. Planning for a second summer this year even though the summer that just ended was really really sweaty. And babbling drunkenly...

[ruwani.livejournal.com]

heya how expensive is england? im coming over in a month and starting to worry about how much its going to cost and wether ive saved enough, wat sort of stuff have u been up to

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

Not that expensive at all really, definately not as expensive as Paris. It helps because the £ is only doubling the Australian dollar at the moment, but if you eat sensibly - like out of supermarkets (Iceland is great) instead of restaurants, but if you look around pub meals can be quite cheap (I had Fish & Chips for £5).
Most publically owned museums are free/dontation, but things that you have to pay for are generally quite expensive (but worth it! Like Buckingham Palace.)
The rest of England is cheaper than London so far though..

And if you're staying in London get an Oyster Card, it's like our Smart Rider, and is for the metro system and is cheaper than buying tickets. The metro is fantastic, and so are the busses. Mmm.

So yes... I don't think it's as expensive as everyone says.

If you need a hostel to stay at I recommend the Walrus. It's right on Westminster Bridge road, making it walking distance from everything & a metro, the owner, Dave, is really nice, there's a (basic) breakfast included and the showers are good and clean... So yeah. They're really good.

Longcomment is loooooong!
Have fun! :D