Today was London....what a crazy awesome city! The “Underground” as they call it is the subway that runs underneath what seemed to be most of the city. First arriving in Heathrow I got to know the place pretty well, walking around the huge place and discovering many different types of people from all over the world. I think English people really love cologne and alcohol because there were only a few stores that actually had useful things that I needed. Everything else was cologne, alcohol, and next came the restaurants and expensive clothes and sunglasses stores. Pretty sure I still smell good just from walking around so much cologne, despite the fact that I haven’t bathed in over a day.
Enough about the airport. London on the other hand is pretty wicked. There are tons of old goddy buildings that require you to continually look up to see them. There are people everywhere driving on the wrong side of the street in weird looking taxis, double decker buses, and mopeds or motorcycles. The streets are in all sorts of directions and though I eventually figured the place out, I still don’t understand the reason for the awkward layout. The grid systems at home seem to still be the more practical way to set stuff up.
Though this city was awesome to walk around and see all the old buildings blending with the bustle of modern society, I also noticed there was trash pretty much everywhere. Other than that, no complaints. I kind of wanted to hop into one of the cars they drive here and take it for a spin. The other side of the road just seems wreckless, but Im down with that. The historical painting museum thing was pretty sweet, mostly cus it was completely free for everyone to walk in and tour. The paintings were old and all epic queen and king stuff mixed with religion.
Since my phone hasn’t been working at all and I had to pay to use the internet, I haven’t known what time it is all freakin day! Plus they use the 24 hour clock system instead of the 12 hour thing we’ve got goin on in the states. Along with not knowing the time, I got completely lost on the Underground on my way back to the airport. Naturally I thought I was going to be late because the overcast day didn’t help my time sense. It worked out though cus turns out there are other people that get lost on the trains and everyone is pretty helpful....even if their help is wrong, which I feel is the reason I got lost. But hey, its all and adventure and I still made to to my gate in time to write all this and still charge my iPod that has been my saving grace through the long plane ride here, sitting next to a woman who held the barf bag to her face for over half the way. Luckily no vomit. That’d suck.
Anyway it has already been an adventure and the real part hasn’t even started. As one lady taught me to say to absorb the situation at hand......
“Oh Yes!”
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