Ministry of Sound

This last weekend I flew to London to attend a birthday party of someone I have never met, but who's reputation had well proceeded him from his time spent in The Netherlands.
Arriving Friday night it was enough to find the hotel, grab some grub and hit the sack.
Sat was a beautiful day and window shopping was in order, walking around Oxford street buying some sketchers and generally enjoying the time and company. I even got a temporary tattoo and was told that it would last up to 7 days, it looked pretty real but sadly I am not sure if lasted 7 hours, so if you are ever tempted by a temporary tattoo on Oxford street give it a pass or make sure it is not one of the bigger ones.
The plan for the evening was to go and meet everyone at a tapas restaurant Salvador and Amada
have some food and drink and then move onto the Ministry of Sound, where Ryan had arranged for a VIP room for the group. The tapas bar/ restaurants was full of party goers but fun non the less. And we were signaled it was time to leave when one of the friends got on the table and gave us a dance...
I have never been to a large club like that before, but have to say if you are going to do it, do it right. VIP room, hostesses and the ability to get away from the very loud speakers on the dance floors. The DJ of the night was alright, apparently a old favorite from the beginning of techno/ house scene but I can't say I was all that impressed.
But the evening went on until it was time for us to go and beat the sun as it was rising, a few hours sleep before having to check out and spend a few more hours wandering around the city. At least the sun was out. We walked a huge loop from Holburn, around Covent garden, up Neal Street, found some breakfast, down Shafsbury Ave, up Tottingham(sp?) Court Rd, some more shopping for Eugene and then popped into the British museum for a peek. Ended up at the aboriginal Peoples wing with lots of Northwest Coast Indian artifacts which was really nice to see, a little taste of home. Afterwards we went to find food and ended up at The Ultimate Burger, which was good when we ate but somehow was still with me hours later. Oh well, all in all a really nice weekend, very relaxed atmosphere and great company.