So, England huh? The land where the sun never shines, the people are miserable little Mr Hankys, shuffling from puddle to puddle swaddled in black trench coats, chewing on week old Yorkshire puddings that taste like two week old cardboard & no one ever smiles. Nope, never been there.

This is apparently, unseasonably warm weather for England, but by god is it nice. Every day her has been at least 24 degrees, sunny & just plain old fashioned bloody delightful. The produce on this little island is for some reason some of the freshest I've ever had, the billion migrants that have come into the place must have spiced up the kitchens no end because by &large the pub & restaurant food is excellent. The British 'cask' beers - beer that comes from micro breweries all over the countryside & is stored & delivered in little wooden casks - is so good it would give a corpse a taste for drink. What else? Oh, the shops here are all filled with things I like. That may be a product of having only walked into shops that look like they have things in them that I like & that there's a trillion of them here....but anyway, the fact still remains.

In short, this place is really giving me a good idea of why 9 million people have chosen to call it home for so long. There's a lot of culture, a lot of colorful people, and a shittonne of stuff to do. Watched Les Miserables yesterday as we just felt like it. Where the hell else in the world can you do that? (It was really good, & very faithful to the book for anyone that's wondering).

Oh, also: Paris. Anyone that hasn't had a good look at Paris yet, I suggest you book a holiday right now & fix that as soon as possible. It is like a poem that isn't crap, but you get wine & food covered in butter along with it.

Anyway, back to the England. Currently on a high speed train to Bath, of all places. It is evidently a nice countryside town in the .. Actually, I have no idea what direction we're traveling. Go look at a map if you're interested. But we're going to that place now. Hopefully, this will involve a good crack at the Roman baths, a jaunt over to Salisbury, & I really, really want to get a look at Stonehenge, which is apparently fairly close by. Only time will tell how this weekend works out, but it has the potential to be a good one. And the sun is STILL FREAKING SHINING! So awesome.

Well, all for now. I know this is a crap travel log, but a) I don't have a proper computer at the moment & this iPad is a pain in the balls for doing real tasks, b) it's more fun doing other things, c) I can't upload any photos at the moment as they're on my phone & it's a giant dickaround getting them on this machine. Besides, all I'm doing is gushing really. I think my view of Europe is horribly skewed by the insanely happy people I keep encountering, the postcard weather, & the utter lack of work I always have to do. Hoping to come back to London in January in order to put paid to that.

Apologies for the typos, the train is rocking around like an ADHD kid with red cordial & a flask of amyl nitrate.

Until next time!