So far, I've been here for about 36 hours and have already worn through the soles of my Chanel flats - I'm not kidding... 

The first day and a half has been ridiculously fun. After landing in the late afternoon, I took up the challenge to join a friend for dinner & drinks in an attempt to skip the jet lag. I'm actually kind of impressed with how much stamina I had - a good fish pie and a couple of ciders later & I was up for anything. Well, at least I was till 11.30pm when I crashed. Still, not a bad effort even if I do say so myself.

One thing I've learnt in my short time in the UK is that my excellent skill of having the uncanny ability to attract weirdos has followed me to the Northern Hemmisphere. Yep, the weirdos still love me. Today I have had not one, not two, but THREE randoms feel the burning need to have a chat. God knows what they were saying, I don't even know if they were speaking in English or some other language. But it did make for a fun afternoon!

So, today I spent the day walking around the main tourist hot spots. I have to say, I forgot how beautiful London is. The architecture is amazing, but what I really love is that overall, it seems like they go to painstaking efforts to make the streets look gorgeous. I mean, even the publicans put flower pots up around their pubs! I found this gorgeous one in the West End today which took my breath away a bit. I've included a couple of pics of the traditional London sights - I know it's a bit cliche, but I'll get the tourist thing out of the way and then we can get on with the unique stuff!