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London Coworking: My New Favorite Spot

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Actually I have two new favorite spots in London.

The first one I discovered two days ago, a co-working space with a “free” cafe area for the nomadic folk: the Coffice which offers a buffet lunch for a reasonable price, and I may sit on my laptop as long as I wish. The downside is that my time is limited; lunch is cleared away around 15:30 and the place closes at 17:30.

So because I like to work into the evening hours, I was forced to discover the Ace Hotel right down the street, with their massive open lobby/bar/cafe/common area with a hundred or so folks occupying the cozy tables and chairs, hard at work on dates with their laptops.

I believe it’s open 24 hours as well. I wish I’d discovered this one earlier.

London Day Three: Exhausted Already

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I was rudely awakened at 4:20 AM by a drunk Italian yelling at the random man in her bed “ACCENDI MY FRIEND. MY FRIEND WHERE IS YOUR BED. THIS IS MY BED. ACCENDI MY FRIEND (giggles) MY FRIEND WHERE IS YOUR BED (giggles) and he’s sitting upright in her bed, saying nothing; her boyfriend wonders aloud if he’s deaf. By now I’m giggling, and attempting to go back to sleep would be useless. So I get an early start for the day. At 5am the sky is already turning blue, and the 6am streets are a disaster on a Saturday; the cleaning crews are out, and some runners, and the party-people heading home.
I rode the double-decker bus to Brixton and had a coffee and a croissant while I waited for the Market to open at 8. I wandered about for some hours, but didn’t have much energy thanks to the night’s interruptions.
Back at the hostel after attempting to nap, the Italian is just waking up and wants to know what is this “avocado” that I have in my hand. Her name is Rasha and her boyfriend (soon to be husband) is Fabrizio. We spoke in broken English/Italian for an hour or so, and I’m welcome (urged to come!) to their home in Rome any time 🙂

Brixton artwall
coffee with a view
rough day?
Brixton alleyway
another container venue

Day Two: London on Foot

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exploring on foot until my feet couln’t take it anymore

Liverpool station area
phone booth becomes wifi hotspot
Bishopsgate
ascending to London Bridge
London Bridge
Borough Market
Borough Market
Borough Market
tunnel
vertical greenery
Thames path through Bermondsey
Butler’s Wharf
New Concordia Wharf
along Thames path
following Thames path
Rotherhithe St Bridge
ecological park
Southwark Park
Stave Hill Southwark Park

London Day One

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I’m damn exhausted and they won’t let me check in until 2pm. I did almost doze off on a park bench but a cloud came over and gave me a chill and so I up and left. I’ve been aimlessly wandering the London streets for some hours, passing time, staying awake, seeking out sunny park benches. I left Orlando at 6pm yesterday, the plane ride was smooth (I was awake for the whole thing), the night only lasted 4 hours (traveling eastward at 600+ mph) and arrived to London-Gatwick at 7am. Immigration took forEVER and then I waited at baggage claim for quite some time until my red backpack never showed up. Come to find out it was actually on a plane to Manchester, and will arrive nobody knows when.