We went to Hampstead Heath to play football on Sunday. We had trouble finding an open space at first, so we played in this little stretch of land. Little did we know that there were ridiculously stingy nettles on either side of our pitch!
I guess you can't really tell, but we figured out pretty quickly that we were going to need to find a new field. My legs were still itching yesterday night when I went to bed, and today they are bruised!
An old english couple stopped by while we were looking at our injuries and showed us some dock leaves to rub on the nettle stings. We were a bit dubious at first, but I think they actually worked!
Even if we couldn't play football, we could at least hunt the King's deer.
After we played for a while, we went to the Spaniard's Inn, a pub near the edge of Hampstead Heath that has been there for several centuries. It is a dog friendly pub, so you can buy dog treats and there are water bowls under all the tables. :D
Yesterday I walked to campus to eat lunch, courtesy of the hari krishna, and then I carried onto Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. I didn't realise that St. Martin in the Fields was free entrance! I waltzed on in and sat a while before going to the National Gallery.
The Nat. Gallery was nice, but it was an art museum....so....meh. I am just not cultured when it comes to art history, although I try constantly.
This morning Serene and I woke up early in order to go to Greenwich for the Equestrian paralympic event. We avoided the busy DLR lines and took a train out there, which probably was a little more time, but much more relaxing. We had to walk for about twenty minutes into Greenwich from the train station, but it was worth it. I like London because just a little bit out from the city, you can find awesome open green spaces like this:
We had a nice view of the city from the stands! Look, a dancing horse!
The winners being led out (the riders were already on the podiums).
After the dressage, we ate lunch at the Greenwich Market by the river, and then decided to use our free travelcards to go to Notting Hill. Look at all the pretty coloured houses!
We went to an antiques market and got cool Christmas presents for some of you guys, haha. Notting Hill was not that special compared to the other parts of Kensington I've seen, anyway, which are very fancy pantsy. It was an interesting part of town though, so I'm glad I got a chance to look around!
No immediate plans for tomorrow, although I'm sure I'll come up with something fun to do!
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