Saturday 3rd July 2010

Early Saturday morning I jumped on the train up to London to meet up with Tanya, Larissa and Paul, (two friends from Rhodes days) and what a treat it was. It was stunning, if sometimes surreal to spend time catching up and enjoying the city together. As it is Larissa's first time in the UK, her and I let the veterans (Paul and Tanya) lead the way and we simply wondered from coffee bar to pub until we finally arrived in Trafalgar square in the midst of the London Pride Rally.

Paul, Larissa and Tanya in one of the coffee shops on our route

Lunch was in a gorgeous London pub out in the sunshine....wonderful!

Paul, Larissa and Tanya at Pride

I am all for new experiences and Pride was precisely that, it was vibrant, flamboyant, thought provoking and absolutely buzzing. I get a real rush from being somewhere, doing something I would never have expected and being amongst 25 000 people in Trafalgar square certainly counts as on of those moments - something I definitely won't forget in a hurry. We ended the afternoon with a lovely varsity style debate in a quaint pub just off the square and as Larissa said, so much has changed and yet somethings were just the same - Thanks guys I really had an awesome time!