London. London london. Sooo happy. After so much thought and dreaming I'm actually here. I'm here. It still feels weird, dreamlike probably due to the fact that I've been on numerous planes and time zone changes. But no worries!
We went out on a grocery store run and I was finally able to see the place with my two eyes uninhibited by altitude, windows, or overwhelming luggage. The streets are rather narrow, and windy (as in winding). The architecture in my neighborhood is beautiful, very attempting to impress, but only as a second thought, as if the street was made for its own beauty and purpose, knowing all the while that the world would envy it. It feels like New York somehow imbedded onto a Jane Austen canvas. There is modernity, but only on the inside. The facades are layered brick, and the inside is Gap and H & M, and grocery stores.
(Just as a side note, there are some construction workers on a scaffold just outside my window working on next door, but as the distance between our windows is maybe 10 feet I keep looking up and making eye contact... awkward.)
Some things to remember:
- A pound is not a dollar, in value or in looks.
- Look right when walking across streets (even thought we know they drive on the opposite side of the road, it still is confuddling every time a car drives past)
- Stores go up and down, so if you CANNOT find the blasted cereal it's probably above or below you, not around you.
- London also buys their bananas from South America. I never thought of us eating the same produce, but there you have it.
- They use a LOT of coins. Don't underestimate the coinage.
- Try not to stare at construction workers outside your window because they are not actually attractive. And they know you're looking, so now they think they're attractive.
- Pretend jet lag doesn't exist and see how far you get. (not far)
That's just a quick jot. I've only been in the city for like 4 hours or something. So more to follow, along with pictures.
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