Let's all go to Brighton...

I realize I already wrote one post today but you know what it's only 8:30 and i haven't anything better to do. So bare with me.

Today I think i've probably walked about 10 miles. This may be an exaggeration but I really doubt it. I started off walking to Victoria Station, a good 30 minute walk that wasn't too bad. Got my young persons rail card for great savings on all of my rail travel and bought a return to Brighton. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy going back to Brighton or if it would just make me wish I had really gone back again but it ended up that i remembered some great times and got more excited for new memories in York. I was only there about 2 hours but did my "Brighton Routine." I got lunch at Bagelman, sat in the Pavillion Gardens, walked the pier and dozed in the deck chairs, walked through the lanes to Churchill Square and then got a shake away before headin back. It was a beautiful day, tshirt jeans kind of weather, with blue skies and sun. See mom, i'm not cold!

Anyways when i got back to London I had quite a bit of time so i walked to Leicester Square to see film times for the Duchess and found it started in about a half an hour. First of all, I should have expected that London theatres would be more expensive, especially the kind where premieres like Harry Potter and Star Wars are held. It ended up being £9.50 i'll let you do the exchange rate math. Then the theatre it was in was about 1/8 the size of regular theatres, 60 seats and the screen was proportional to the number of seats. Despite that, I really enjoyed the film and am glad I saw it.

The national gallery is open late on wednesdays so i headed there after dinner and caught a free lecture on a medieval work and also part of a free concert. I finally left at around 7 and thought the walk wouldn't be too bad. Turns out it's probably 3-4 miles from Trafalgar Square to Bayswater and it took me nearly an hour walking at a brisk pace. Near the end i thought my knees might very well give out, it really was close. I can't tell you the amount of self control I possess because I passed by about a dozen pubs and somehow managed to not stop in for a pint and a rest. If I had sat down I probably wouldn't have gotten up.

So there's my day. Now i'm writing this to partially delay the hike up to my 5th floor residence, did i mention there's no lift? Anyways, overall good day but i think tomorrow i'm going to get an underground day pass to save my tired puppies.