London, part three

I am at my hotel in London for my last day o' the UK. Unfortunately, the wireless in my room is still non-functional, so I'm posting from the lobby. Anyhoo, it's a lovely, rainy, London day. Quite nice to look at, but it remains to be seen how enjoyable it'll be to walk around in it (actually, I'm enough of a weirdo that I'm sure I'll enjoy it even if waterlogged).

The Cliff's Notes version of yesterday afternoon and today's plans:

Yesterday, I wasn't able to check into my hotel until the late afternoon, so I spent a fair amount of time strolling. Leicester provided some excellent noodles, courtesy of the HK Diner, as well as the wonders of Cecil Court (a small alley composed of nothing but booksellers). I walked over to and through the National Gallery, and finished off with Covent Gardens. Still empowered by noodle energy, I walked along the South Bank for a while and then headed for home by way of a semi-super-secret meeting. I'm not sure if was the two Red Bulls that I'd had in the afternoon, or what, but I stayed up way too late watching the "50 Movies to See Before You Die" countdown on Channel 4. Oh, and I'm reading a book which is just about the creepiest thing I've encountered in quite a while. Fun stuff.

Today, I have lots of ambitious plans, but we'll see how much I actually get done. I suspect that I might be slightly hampered by the Bank Holiday, but I doubt that it will be too big of a deal. In no particular order, I want to do the Baker Street/Sherlock Holmes area, Chelsea, The British Museum, The Library (again), and a Ghost/Jack the Ripper tour. There are a few neighborhoods, like Belgravia and Little Venice, that I'd like to see, too. Finally, there were rumors that a couple of Oxford people wanted to get together for dinner, but I haven't heard the final plans, yet.

I'm getting pretty excited to see Andi tomorrow; It will be very nice to be back home.

PS - The best snack bar in the world? Frusli: http://www.jordans-cereals.co.uk/page.asp?partid=32&minmnth=7&maxmnth=9&year=2006

Also yummy, but with no aspirations towards healthiness: Jammy Dodgers.