Re-direction

   The following  was written today on my journey to Hyde Park:

All you need is a net,
a ball,
and a few good mates to play with.

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   Explore Hyde Park on a weekday afternoon.  Sit down and watch a pick-up game of football.  Choose a team to root for and sit back to watch some free entertainment.  Be careful of where you choose your seat though, the boundary lines tend to be flexible.

   The pigeons are great characters, but don't be afraid of being protective of your food.... but do feed your guard pigeon.  On one of my walks, I encountered a pigeon wearing a crust of bread around it's neck, you could tell it was a special bird.
   The hardiness of these birds fascinates me.  It's fun to watch males chase uninterested females and puff up their feathers to defend their territory.  A pigeon with a broken foot still hobble around, pecking at the ground in search of a stray crumb.  Their persistence in their unending search for food is something to be marveled at.
   So watch the pigeons for a little while on a quiet Thursday afternoon in Hyde Park... or wherever your favorite pigeon watching spot may be.

   Walk all the way around Hyde Park- don't cheat and bike it.  I did this by accident by following the bridle path to what I hoped would be the Hyde Park Stables; I didn't find those but I did end up where I started- at the little food kiosk at Speaker's Corner.
   I ate my lunch at the little tables out front and watched the pigeons.  Now it's time to get back on the tube and head back to the flat.

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   Tonight, a few of us went to a pub in central London to hear a band play.  They weren't too bad.  But the adventure on the tube... well the tube is always an adventure.  With too many memories to write down, and there's barely enough room in my head to remember them all.
   Things are starting to look up.  We're all looking forward to not having to get up for class tomorrow.  These beds are just too comfy, plus the underground in the morning is a pain.  We're at the last stop on the line, which means when the tube gets to Edware Rd (our stop) it sits there for a good 10 minutes before it gets going in the other direction... not to mention there's a good 15-30 minutes between trains arriving in the station.  It'll be nice not having to deal with all that hassle, plus the morning traffic.

   Tomorrow brings probably an adventure to another park and then to Twickenham for rugby in the evening.  Saturday Lauren and I are spending basically the whole day in Twickenham for the Heineken Cup Finals (rugby).  I'm so super excited, it should be a really good time.  Plus Lauren's friend Alex id coming with us, so we'll have a guy to protect us! Yay!

   Haha, anyway, more adventures to come later!