Greetings from London!

[mijan]

Hi Everyone!

Flight went well.  I'm here in London with <lj user="kriken">.  We're settled into our hotel, and we've found an internet cafe.  We could get wireless in our room, but it's £1 per TEN BLOODY MINUTES.  Sorry, I'm not bending over for that.  Just insane.  I might use it briefly, but that's it.

So, please don't expect me to be online much.  I'm hoping that once the convention starts, there will be access to wireless on the university campus.  If not, well... cut me loose and don't expect lengthy IM chats each day!  

Also, much to my dismay, the texting programme I had tried to purchase was NOT what I had expected, and I'm not using it.  It's not for texting FROM non-US countries.  It's for texting from the US to OTHER countries.  Text messages (sent or received) will cost me fifty cents each, so PLEASE use them discerningly if you plan to use them at all.  

Other than that, the weather is lovely (no rain today - knock on wood), cool and clear, and I had the most delicious moussaka at a Turkish restaurant for dinner.  (VERY full right now -  need to go for a walk.)

Tomorrow, we're going on a walking tour (kriken, me, and possibly Azhure, and whomever else we can gather unto ourselves), maybe meet up with the other tour groups, maybe follow the "automated" tour that Kriket downloaded (it's really cool), and all in all... hell, we're gonna end up in a pub sampling the local libations.  :D

Anyhow... I've got to e-mail the family before they bug out.  Yeah.  *headdesk*

Love you all!

Comments

[emeraldandazure.livejournal.com]

ah! i hope you have loads of fun!!!

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that you made to London safely.
Mmm... moussaka!
Have lots of fun adventures that I can live through vicariously *wink* since my passport is not ready yet.
I hope that you enjoy Sectus and the Deathly Hallows, and that you have a safe journey back home to Fi.

*stroking her pussy... TaunWe* LOL

Brenda

[queenal.livejournal.com]

You can access free wireless at a lot of pubs - I think Wetherspoons pubs (which are otherwise not the best, but not awful, just a bit soulless) usually have free access. Universities usually need a code and password to access their free wireless - the conference might be able to supply them. But then, internet cafes are very cheap too.

www.cbfsms.co.uk (or possibly .com) sends free texts within the UK - not sure if it sends them abroad or not.

Have you got an Oyster card?

BTW, if you're buying entry tickets to places yourself and you're going to the Tower of London, and there are three or more of you, get a family ticket, as it isn't much more than the ticket price and it also gets you free entry to the Hampton Court, Kensington and Kew Palaces.

<~~In London, and former tour guide.

[georgeodowd.livejournal.com]

I'm sooooo jealous... hope you have loads of fun!!

[tsuj.livejournal.com]

Yay you! Hope the London release is brill!
See you at Prophecy...

[colloween.livejournal.com]

can't wait for more stories... AND PICTURES!

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

Hey!
See, I got around to friending first :-) I hope you got to stay in the UK for a bit longer and see Stonehenge.
*hugs* Miss you. And I'll try to make the US soon!

Robin (who loved having Harry dance with Harry at the ball)

[mijan.livejournal.com]

I just got back from Stonehenge. I'm staying here until the 27th. Changed my flight. I'm so glad I did. Today was amazing. And yes, you friended me first because I haven't been online! I'm SO sleepy. Must sleep now. Will talk later, yes?

*huggles muchly*

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you got to stay. Enjoy the rest of the time here, then. Talk later, definitely!