Getting ready to leave London

Getting ready to leave London
June 30, 2010
I have my bags mostly packed up. It feels strange to prepare for my return home. I’m ready. I know my energy level is just about nil. It’s just after 1am here. I have just about no energy, but I’m still awake. Maybe I’m soaking in just a bit more of this hotel room before I leave. I don’t know. I have BBC on in the background. They are spotlighting some musicians that are pretty amazing. I can’t wait to get back to my guitar.
So, London. What did I do in London? Besides sleeping in everyday and riding the Tube everywhere? Well, I saw the Eye (didn’t ride it), Big Ben, Parliament Building, Florence Nightingale Museum, Old Operating Theater Museum and Herb Garret, hung out in SOHO, hung out at Camden Market, and went to Bar Wotever.
Highlights:
I went to a bear bar called Barcode in SOHO. It was the beginning of pride week here, so it was pretty busy. On my way there, I stopped at Yo Sushi, which was really good.
Camden Market was just cool. Seemed like a good place to pick up some touristy things as well as grab a bite at Inspiral, a vegan whole food café. The weather was also perfect for sitting by the canal on a huge bronze lion.
Wotever. Finally, a queer venue. No, gay bars are not queer bars. Queer includes spectrums of sexualities and gender. I’m queer. Surprise? It was a mellow night with some very talented spoken word artists. Reminded me of home, but with an English accent.
Of course I went to the Florence Nightingale Museum. I don’t know if I could live with myself if I didn’t go pay my respects after graduating from an ultra intense nursing program.
Old Operating Theater Museum and Herb Garret… loved it. I love learning about the history of medicine, especially surgery. It was an actual operating theater where people who were barely anesthetized (I mean, they did their best) had a multitude of surgeries. So much history in London…