Farewell drinks

The English have a bit of a reputation for a culture revolving around pubs, but really you have no idea what it’s like until you’ve lived here for a while. I once heard someone say, “you can’t trip over without passing three pubs on the way to the ground”, and to be honest, it’s not all that much of an exaggeration.

Don’t believe me? Well, check this out; I’m finishing up my job next Friday, so I thought I’d arrange some farewell drinks with the team. A quick google for “pubs near Victoria” first landed me on the Beer in the Evening site, which by default searches a three mile radius of where you tell it.

Only 1,598 to choose from? Not much of a selection, really! To be fair, a three mile radius is quite far; but even if you narrow it down to a one mile radius, there’s still about 180 pubs on the list. Further narrowing down to a one kilometre radius (which makes more sense; why on earth the poms insist on sticking to the imperial system is beyond me) still yields over 80 pubs to choose from. Blimey!

And so, after “much” deliberation, I decided to go with The St George’s Tavern, which is less than five minutes walk from Victoria station. Come one, come all – Thursday night (14th of January), from about 5 PM onwards. Hope to see you there!