2015-02-27, 06:17 PM
Got back from London earlier today.
We set off there at 3am in the morning thursday, and we got to London by about 9am, I met my.. cousin/aunt/I don't know this family is very confusing Pepsi, who lives in the US in Atlanta, and my grandad before we got in the funeral car and headed for the local church that my grandmother was devoted to.
It was just like stepping into one of those black gospel choir churches that you see on TV, with people singing, dancing, clapping, shouting "PRAISE THE LORD" and "HAIL JESUS" and all that. I'm not religious at all, but wow. The singing was amazing, and I loved the energy they all had. Everyone there was so kind, and there they call everyone as if they were family (brother, sister, mother, uncle, ect) so they all considered me, my brother and my parents to be part of the family.
A lot of the people there even recognized from me from the pictures of me and my brother that my grandmother had shown to LITERALLY everyone.
I heard a lot of my grandmothers history, including her involvement in helping save post-independence Tanzania, and I was absolutely hooked on every word, it was so interesting. They were taking pictures of the funeral for the South African newspapers too, haha. I hope i'm not in any of those.
After that we went to the hotel, had something to eat, and we all fell asleep by 9pm haha, which is pretty much unheard of for me.
Definitely an unforgettable experience, but i'm glad to be home again. London is a bit hectic, but it made me miss Manchester too, back when I used to live in the city.
We set off there at 3am in the morning thursday, and we got to London by about 9am, I met my.. cousin/aunt/I don't know this family is very confusing Pepsi, who lives in the US in Atlanta, and my grandad before we got in the funeral car and headed for the local church that my grandmother was devoted to.
It was just like stepping into one of those black gospel choir churches that you see on TV, with people singing, dancing, clapping, shouting "PRAISE THE LORD" and "HAIL JESUS" and all that. I'm not religious at all, but wow. The singing was amazing, and I loved the energy they all had. Everyone there was so kind, and there they call everyone as if they were family (brother, sister, mother, uncle, ect) so they all considered me, my brother and my parents to be part of the family.
A lot of the people there even recognized from me from the pictures of me and my brother that my grandmother had shown to LITERALLY everyone.
I heard a lot of my grandmothers history, including her involvement in helping save post-independence Tanzania, and I was absolutely hooked on every word, it was so interesting. They were taking pictures of the funeral for the South African newspapers too, haha. I hope i'm not in any of those.
After that we went to the hotel, had something to eat, and we all fell asleep by 9pm haha, which is pretty much unheard of for me.
Definitely an unforgettable experience, but i'm glad to be home again. London is a bit hectic, but it made me miss Manchester too, back when I used to live in the city.