The 3 P's

Lemme' 'splain:

The birth of this blog came about because a good friend once said to me "Hey Erika, you should start a blog on Britan."  and I said "Ok."  so here we are.  

Now that that's out of the way:

1st Post:  The 3 P's of London.  

If I am writing a blog on all things British, it should be obvious that I love England like a fat kid loves cake.  So, for the first post I am going to write about the 3 P's of London, or three things I love about London that start with the letter 'P'.

1st P- Public Transportation-  Ah, my Oyster Card.  The one card to rule them all.  The Oyster card is the magical pass to the wonder that is the London Tube.  I miss riding the Tube almost more than anything in England.  I must admit, that at first I was frightened of you, Tube.  The dire warnings to "Mind the Gap" or else was a bit intimidating.  The endless possibilities of where you could take me where overwhelming.  What if I got on the wrong train and ended up on the street where I'd meet my fate with Jack the Ripper.  But after mastering your color coded maps, I understood.  You gave me freedom! You gave me giant advertisements!  You gave me strange people to sit next to!  

2nd P- Parks.  Having lived in Kensington, Hyde park/Kensington Garden is my favorite place in London.  My flat was across the street from the park and many magical things happened there.  I can honestly say nothing is more peaceful than gazing across the Serpentine at sunset.  I spent many a evenings siting with my good friend, the Peter Pan statue, writing and people watching.  There is a tree in the park that has old fairy carvings.  The atmosphere in Kensington is enough to make you believe fairies could really live there.  No wonder that is the place where JM Barrie would sit and write Peter Pan.  I wouldn't doubt if Kensington was a secret gateway to Neverland.  

3rd P- Performances.  The West freakin' End!  Yeah, so what?  I'm kind of a theatre geek.  I'll save my thoughts on specific shows I saw for another post on another day, but in general, The West End was the birthplace of many of my loves.  Phantom, Les Mis, anything with Ramin Karimloo. Oh, Ramin.  (If you don't know who Ramin Karimloo is, you won't regret spending some google time on him.  The man's got talent coming out of his butt.)

To Sum up:  While I was only there for a summer, London is constantly calling me home.  

Future post to include:  Doctor Who, 2012 London Olympics, My girl crush on Kate Middleton, the time I literally almost ran into Orlando Bloom, My BFF-the BBC, Running full speed into platform 9 and 3/4.

Picture:  My humble flat in Kensington.  I lived on the bottom floor.  Check out Ramin Karimloo's official website at the bottom of the post (I know Ramin is not exactly British, Canadian is close, but he is married to a Brit and has dwelt there for some time now.)

raminofficial.com