Still Alive, despite the best efforts of one Toilet

There is this Toilet in my room. Well in the bathroom connected to my room. It is big, white and older then J. Edgar Hoover. I am also convinced it is evil and is trying to kill me. It half flushes, which sounds like a full flush, but nothing leaves the bowl, so you flush again. And again. And again. When it does decide to flush its with such force it almost sucks you and everyone you love in with it. Or maybe I am just irked it scared the crap out of me this morning.

Today was more of a lazy day as I was still tired by the tour yesterday. So I woke up at the crack of dawn, then decided the crack of dawn could suck it and slept until the crack of noon. It was glorious! I took a quick try of the Piccadilly line, as it seems to be the easiest way to get to the British Museum and other London attractions, and ended up here..

Covent Gardens. Its a lovely place. The tube station itself was used during WWII as a bomb shelter and it has 195 stairs (all rickety old spirally staircases too I might add) from the station below to the station above. Its a heck of a sturdy building, the walls are solid and look a little intimidating. There are stairs everywhere proclaiming "For your Safety, Please use the Lift", and they broadcast it over the intercom as well. The street outside is beautiful.

So I hung out around the shops for most of the day before coming home and collapsing in a heap for a bit. It was a rather nice day.

On a side note, I do believe I have bought the most hilarious souvenir ever.

Its water... from the city of Bath. You get it at the Roman Baths. It's Bath Water!

I thought it was funny.Speaking of Baths...

On the couch the other day as we made our way into the city of Bath, the air conditioning unit on the couch malfunctioned and leaked water on the couple behind me. They asked if they could share my seat, and I obliged. So we are almost within the limits of Bath, and the gorgeous green hills are coming into view when the damn thing decides to leak on me too! So there I am holding a napkin and curtain over the leaks over me and the Serbian girl in front of me (who despite me telling her and her mother to watch out remained blissfully unaware of the situation) as Kevin and Heather (the lovely couple from Buffalo that got rained on previously) held up on the bus curtains to stem the other leaks. So there we are, plugging leaks with our fingers as the gorgeous countryside surrounding Bath and Bath pass us. Everyone else in the couch took pictures, while we laughed. I shrieked when a new leak started on my head and our tour guide remarked dryly (as only the British can) "Oh dear, we seem to be taking on some water!"

It was the highlight of the tour for me. I met a lovely and hilarious couple, and I got a taste of British humour.


Until next time my lovely readers... OH CRAP!

The Toilet! It HEARD ME!