...ye olde dodgy pub

... allo... So I'm back.... from the UUU-KAY... (before reading this visit this blog entry )

.. ahem.. now where was I? .. right-o...

So there we stood at the register, unsettled and shaken from our experience requesting our check. The barkeep of course is very curious to understand why we so aburptly ended our meal. Realizing there was still about 25 feet between me and the door, I covered my ears and turned away while Vee explained to the barkeep what she saw.

We promptly paid the check and quickly ran out of the pub into the bustling london streets. After getting about a block away from ye olde dodgy pub, I finally gathered up the courage to ask Vee what she saw. Verily disgusted and still shaken she began to explain that she witnessed something move in the very corner in which we sat. At first she thought it was small bird but then she observed that we were in a closed space. She looked more closely and realized that she was staring at a mouse... That's right the vile, ruddy, little wanker sat there in plain view snacking away on morsels on the pub floor. Bugger! Dirtin' eatin' UK style.. gross! Ruddy sod!

What's really gross is that we were thoroughly enjoying the meal? I can't tell what part of my judgement is off -- my ability to decipher a well made meal or my ability to select an eating establishment that meets health codes from the 21st century.

At any rate, we ended up heading down to Knightsbridge and hanging out at Harrods (my UK happy place). To be honest, you can spend the day in there and have a mini adventure as long as don't look at the prices for anything.. the sticker shock alone can be deadly. I highly recommend a proper British Tea experience on the terrace. Very nice indeed.

Sooo to help you get the image of lit-el mickey (that's little mickey with a brit accent), here are some interesting things that we learned and gossip that we heard during our travels...

- Allegedly at Harrods, Michael Jackson was there the day before shopping for a television... let be known if I had seen the KING of pop myself I would have passed out, started crying and/or started singing and dancing to smooth criminal..hee hee hee!

- Observation: Learning the slang and foul language makes every day conversation very entertaining... ruddy, sod, bugger, wanker ...ha!

- There is a difference between the subway and the underground or tube (metro for you DC'ers). Subway literally means subterrianian walkway. So if you want to get from one corner to another without cross the street you walk underground via a subway.

That's all I can think of right now... my brain still overloaded from the time zone change.

~Cheerio