July 13, 2007 One long night

Started of the morning with the classic bus tour. Overall what I was awake for wasn't bad, the tour guide was no Doug. When we got some free time, Antonio, Amanda, Solimar, and I went to the British Museum and spent most of the time in the Egypt section. It was quite interesting and extensive. The museum architecture was fascinating as well, the ceiling was almost like an optical illusion, or at least a very intriguing design pattern. After that we made our way to the London Eye and river cruise. It's worth doing once, the eye is somewhat expensive though. The most interesting aspect for me about the eye, was that is only stops for handicapped passengers, otherwise it is in continuous motion. We starting winding down the daylight hours as we made our way to tower hill. I'm glad I was able to go inside last year, the time in London this year was far to short. After hanging around Tower Hill for a bit, we made or way back to the tub station meeting spot for the Jack the ripper tour. It reminded me a lot of the Ghost Bus tour in Dublin. A little history, little mystery, and a lot of acting. It was worth going on. After the ripper tour we went to a little Indian restaurant "The Monsoon". The food was strong in spice, but good. Personally I liked the fish n' chips of last year a little more. As the night moved on and we finished our meals, we talked about what to occupy the night with. A few people went back, the rest of us made our way to "The Big Chill" on Brick Road or at least tried to. After a couple wrong turns and a few course correction, we finally made it. I'm not much on clubs, but it was worth it. We congregated at a long table, I sat the whole time, but a few of the girls and Antonio danced a bit. I think I even saw the macarana come out once. The highlight of the club, or at least the funniest part was a drunk guy that kept dancing and scooting on a chair, sadly it got taken away from him a couple times, and he finally gave up on it. The night eventually came to an end and we had to make our way back to the hotel, which was an experience in itself. I blocked most of this out of my memory, but what I remember was catching the night bus was no easy feat. After several attempts we eventually found it and got within walking distance of the hotel. When all was said and done, we arrived back at the hotel about 4am.