Tuesday, November 29, 2005

*cops out, halfway-ish*

Go to Solo's to read more about Dover. EDIT: The bus ride to Dover didn't take too long and the landscape on the way was prettiful. Rolling hills and steep valleys is very much contrasting to what it looks like where I live, heh. Dover Castle couldn't have been more grand in the sunshine, especially with the sea sparkling below the cliffs. Everywhere you looked was a postcard view. I (along with others) would've liked to stay longer than the 1 hour-ish we got, since it didn't leave us with much time to explore. There were two options of what we could do, one being the dungeons and the other one was probably the sparse exhibition of "preparing for a king to stay". All our faces lit up upon hearing the word "dungeon", lol. They were far more interesting than the exhibition, in my opinion. At one point we stumbled across this secluded "cave" where it was so pitchblack that it was nigh impossible to see your hand if you stretched it out. Which was a shame, since a fascinating hole in the wall begged to be explored further. So if you're going to Dover: remember your flashlight/torches! Megan and one of her buddies (Jeff?) actually explored another tunnel (equally dark) much to the wonderment of the rest of us. Though the idea that they might "fall into the abyss" (Copyright Jeff 2005) was a bit worrying, heh. No harm came to them, thankfully. Megan (and Eleine) wanted to go up the castle top and take some pictures after the [rather brief for my liking] excursion through the dungeons. My vertigo was bad enough being on the "ground" - Dover Castle is pretty far above sea level, eheh - but I decided to conquer my fears (with the promise from Megan I could hold her hand if it got too scary). The view was definitely worth it, despite my balance being completely thrown off the roof :p Catching the last bit of time (and light) Solo posed on one of the canons, as did Megan, and then everyone trekked down the hill to the bus. On the way out of Dover we caught a glimpse of the White Cliffs, which were more greyish and covered with shrubs than glistening white *shrugs* The Guide also said something about tension between locals and immigrants, since so many came/come with the cargo ships. Sad situation. Despite the promise (from Megan) of rowdyness from our co-passangers, it was fairly quiet on the road back into London. Eleine struck up a conversation with a teacher that accompanied the students and he really lobbied FSU to her, lol. At first I was a bit dubious about him and wondered what his intentions were (*cough*) but after listening in on their talk, I felt comfortable enough to relax. Though [roughly] half an hour short of our scheduled arrival, I got really antsy. (Solo sat next to me and must've had a rough time trying to unwind with me twitching, eeeeeh.) That soon shifted into nausea as the bus jerked about pretty hefty *_* Lots of stomach churning accelerations and breaks have that effect. Megan sure felt it too, despite having some aspirin before leaving Dover. Guide Brian was highly amused of my mock throw-up improvisation (once outside the bus I almost tossed myself over a railing while pretending to hurl) and dissapeared into the London night, most likely scrambling off to his "hot date". A shame I couldn't get a better picture of him. But it does seem to capture him quite well anyway. Hehe. Feeling like I was going to toss up at any minute didn't do much for my appetite, so I resigned to drinking my nourishment drink while the others munched on Japanese goodies. Though Solo let me taste the broth from his ramen and it tasted somewhat familiar. And it couldn't be helped that Naruto came to mind, lol. If you took out of account the fact that the restaurant felt very modern in its interior design, it had the same air as the place Naruto glomps down his [many, many, many] bowls of Ramen =) (Is it called "Ichigo's Ramen" or something like that? Kei?) Of course we couldn't finish the day off without having some Starbucks coffee/hot chocolate. This time the hot chocolate was very hot! The one in Canterbury probably chilled pretty fast in the cool weather but the upstairs in this Starbucks was steaming with warmness :) Le sigh, I miss Starbucks. While sipping on our drinks we studied the London Tube map and finally faced the truth. There was no way Solo and I could tag along to Harry Potter. Which saddened us both since Megan was so excited about it and it would've been a cool thing to finish our day with. Still, we'd had a cool day as it was =) Solo's cellphone had reached increasingly high levels of poking/prodding by now and, after a brief stint in the computer lab at Megan's dorm, he had to take a bow, sadly. Us girls carried on for a bit longer in the flat of Badness, playing "Go fish"! Eleine kicked both our asses mostly but Megan made a superb finish by slamming down her supremeness and taking the last game home ^__^ Her well earned victory marked the end of our audience with the Royal Mistress of Bad. Some hugging later my sister and I were off to our hotel, making a quick stop at KFC where she got some chicken ... things. As soon as we got to our room, I read the message Megan left to me in the book Sara sent me (*grins*) and nearly bawled my eyes out. Needless to say, Megan is tremendously wonderful. And groovy. And rocking. Just everything, lol. Badness Rules =)

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