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London was the destination today, Greenwich to be exact, to visit Charlotte at her university. I have been once before and although Greenwich is a reasonably acceptable part of London, one just has to suffer the getting there, which in our case today, was by rail. Suffice to say the journey with First Crapital Connect did not go without a hitch. We reached St. Pancras International without a problem but after that the troubles started and how typical when you are on a tight schedule-we had to be back home by 8 pm and we did not leave until 12.30.
London was the destination today, Greenwich to be exact, to visit Charlotte at her university. I have been once before and although Greenwich is a reasonably acceptable part of London, one just has to suffer the getting there, which in our case today, was by rail. Suffice to say the journey with First Crapital Connect did not go without a hitch. We reached St. Pancras International without a problem but after that the troubles started and how typical when you are on a tight schedule-we had to be back home by 8 pm and we did not leave until 12.30.
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Stranded just outside Farringdon due to an electrical failure I had plenty of time to marvel at the precision of the Victorian brickmanship in the wall we had ground to a halt by. What a pity the same craftmen had not been in charge of installing the electrical system on the train! Eventually we were able to limp into Farringdon where we were asked to find an alternative means of transport to Charlton.
Stranded just outside Farringdon due to an electrical failure I had plenty of time to marvel at the precision of the Victorian brickmanship in the wall we had ground to a halt by. What a pity the same craftmen had not been in charge of installing the electrical system on the train! Eventually we were able to limp into Farringdon where we were asked to find an alternative means of transport to Charlton.
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The rest of the day went pretty well really. We had a guided tour of Greenwich campus following a reasonable dinner at a local Spanish restaurant where the menu was so limited that I nearly did a really gross thing and ordered fish and chips. I an honestly say that when in Rome I always do as the Romans do, so when in an Indian restaurant for example, you don't order a kebab. It always makes me wonder about the mentality of people who do that kind of thing, so I never do, but nearly, nearly very nearly I did today.
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Our visit to London ended in the pub where Charlotte works. We had a fine welcome there meeting her workmates and looking at all the photos on the wall of the recent drunken revelry in which Charlotte seemed to feature regularly!
The rest of the day went pretty well really. We had a guided tour of Greenwich campus following a reasonable dinner at a local Spanish restaurant where the menu was so limited that I nearly did a really gross thing and ordered fish and chips. I an honestly say that when in Rome I always do as the Romans do, so when in an Indian restaurant for example, you don't order a kebab. It always makes me wonder about the mentality of people who do that kind of thing, so I never do, but nearly, nearly very nearly I did today.
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Our visit to London ended in the pub where Charlotte works. We had a fine welcome there meeting her workmates and looking at all the photos on the wall of the recent drunken revelry in which Charlotte seemed to feature regularly!
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As i said before, you´re a travelling man, mate! What a pretty girls, mumma! Kebab is good enough for me!
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