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Because of Rosh Hashana I had the house to myself on Monday and Tuesday. I decided to benefit from the extra free time and play a tourist. My plan was to visit The National Gallery and buy fish and chips for the first time. I woke up early so that I could leave to be at the Gallery around the time it opened (haha, fat chance). I was getting ready to eat breakfast when I heard a clang. Suddenly I realised that through the kitty flap of the door to the backyard had come a cat!! My brekkie preparations were put aside when I ran after it upstairs and to my room. It stayed for a while on the landing, purring, but I succeeded in luring it downstairs and I slammed all the doors shut before it. When I got it to the groundfloor, I opened the front door and miraculously it used it and I locked it on the yard. I peeked through the window and saw that it had stayed on the doormat. Oh bugger... Well, I returned to my brekkie. Not many moments passed when the kitty flap rattled again and the same bloody cat rushed into the kitchen! I opened the backdoor and managed to get it out and immediately locked the kitty flap. There it mewed while I was eating my well-deserved breakfast. I'm happy I didn't have to touch it, who knows what kind of a stray cat it was...
Pääsin The National Gallerylle ja se oli iso ja hieno! Ja Trafalgar Square oli sen edessä, joten sain senki kuitattua tehtävälistalta ;) Kiersin impressionismiosuuden aluks, tykkään siitä tyylistä eniten, ja jatkoin renessansiin ja barokkiin. Kyllästyin raamatullisiin teoksiin aika pian ja mulla alko olla aika kova nälkäki, joten päätin, että oli fisuranskisten aika. Hauska juttu, kun oltiin reilillä, haluttiin käydä turistikartan vinkkaamassa fish&chips-mestassa, mut ei ehitty. En kuollaksenikaa muistanu sen nimee tai missä se ois ollu. Muistin vaa, et lähin metroasema oli jotenki hienon kuulonen, katu alko E:llä ja paikan nimessä oli "rock". No, päätin unohtaa sen ja ettii lähintä ravintolaa. Netti ehdotti Endell Streetin The Rock & Sole Plaicea, kävelymatkan päässä Covent Gardenin metrikseltä. Ei oo totta! Se se oli! :D Jennina, jos nyt luet tätä: jäit paljosta paitsi. Ehkä olin vaa liian nälkiintyny, mut oli todeeeella hyvää!!! Täydelliset isot ranskalaiset ja rapee taikina kalan ympärillä, nami~ Covent Gardenin tori näytti myös tosi söpöltä, siellä pitää joskus käydä!
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I made it to The National Gallery and it was huge and wonderful! And Trafalgar Square was right in front of it so I could tick that off my bucket list as well ;) I looked through the impressionism section first, I like that style the most, and went on to reneissance and baroque. I got fed up with the biblical motifs quite quickly and I was beginning to be really hungry so I decided it was time for fish and chips. Funny story, when we were interrailing, we wanted to try out the fish&chips place the tourist map recommended but we didn't have time. I couldn't make myself remember the name or its whereabouts. I only recalled that the nearest tube station sounded fancy in a way, the street started with an E and the place had "rock" in its title. Well, I decided to forget that place and look for the nearest restaurant. Google suggested The Rock & Sole Plaice on Endell Street, within a walking distance from Covent Garden station. I can't believe it! That was it! :D Jennina, if you're reading this: you missed out. Perhaps I was famished but it was veeeery tasty!!! Perfect big chips and a crisp batter around the fish, yum~ The Covent Garden Market looked really cute, too, I have to visit it one day!
The National Galleryn ulkopuolella // Outside The National Gallery
The National Galleryn sisäpuolella // Inside The National Gallery
Horation Nelson kaikessa komeudessaan // Horation Nelson in all his glory
Kaupungin parhaat fisuranskikset (mun tietämyksen mukaan) // The best fish and chips in town (as far as I know)
Tiistaina odottelin pakastinkorjaajaa aamupäivän. Se tuli ja enhän mä osannu sille mitään sanoo, koska ei oo mun pakastin. Kävi vähän sitä jopa sääliks, et se joutu asioimaan ilman todellista asiakasta... Se selitti jotain ilmastoinnista, että jääkaappipakastinta ei sais säilyttää ovin suljetussa kaapissa. Siks pakastin ei toimi, koska se ylikuumenee. Selitys kuulosti mun mielestä järkeenkäyvältä ja tyyppi vaikutti pätevältä. Se kirjotti lapulle asiat ylös ja käski soittaa, jos pari päivää ovien auki pitäminen ei auta. Kun Claire ja Anthony palas illalla ja kerroin tuloksen, molempien reaktio oli, et he ei oo ikinä kuullu sellasta soopaa. Että jätkä oli vaan laiska. "Kymmenen vuotta on hyvin toiminu." No, korjaaja sano, et ne on tolla käytännöllä lyhentäny laitteen ikää... Mut mistä minä oikeesti mitään tiiän.
Illalla päätin katsoa "telkkaria" ekaa kertaa täällä ja jatkoin Suomessa kesken jäänyttä Misfitsiä Netflixistä. Se on kyllä superhyvä sarja!
Joten, mulla oli hauska pidennetty viikonloppu, koin ja näin ja vaan olin. Sopii mulle!
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On Tuesday I waited for the freezer engineer to come in the morning. He came and I couldn't tell him anything since it's not my freezer. I felt a tad sorry for him because he had to deal without the actual customer... He explained something about the ventilation, that the fridge/freezer should not be kept in a cupboard with shut doors. That's why the freezer isn't working because it's overheating. The explanation made sense to me and the lad seemed competent. He wrote a note about the issues and told us to call if holding the cupboard doors open for a couple of days doesn't do the trick. When Claire and Anthony got back in the evening and told the outcome, their reactions were that they've never heard such bollocks in their lives. That the guy was just lazy. "Ten years it's been working well." Well, the repair guy said that they've shortened the age of the appliance by using it like that... But what do I know, really. In the evening I decided to watch "telly" for the first time here and continued where I'd left off with Misfits in Finland. It's a super good series, I gotta say!
So, I had a fun extended weekend, I had experiences, saw things and just lay low. Works for me!
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