Mind The Gap

I am going to try and keep this relatively short. I know i find it pretty hard to read too much of this kind of thing.

So its my third day overseas, and its great. I'm still in London but we leave tomorrow for Edinburgh. So far it has been a blast. Pretty much going nonstop. Barely even stopping for sleep, literally. Our flight arrived at around 4:30 London time. And we didn't get any sleep on the plain. That made for a very long day. We had a pretty long walk to the hostel, but on the way we happened to walk past Buckingham palace, and at 4:30 am, there was no one there. I don't think too many tourist get to see it like that. As the struggle to stay awake continued throughout the day, we got a fair amount done. We got to tour the British museum (several hours), had a traditional fish and chips dinner and explored a lot of the city. Settling down in the hostel took a bit too. But we all crashed pretty hard that night. We were pretty well rested for the next day so we decided to walk to see Big Ben to save on outrageous subway costs. Here they call it the underground, more commonly the tube. It's 4 pounds to ride it one way, which is about 8 bucks Canadian. Mostly we got to see the must sees. so we saw Big Ben, London Bridge, Westminster, Trafalgar square, tower of London and the London bridge. And yes i had the song stuck in my head.

I think see all the sites are neat, but i don't think they are all that interesting to read about. So i will try to stick to cultural differences. Mostly it was similar, i thought the music was going to be different but in the club the music was exactly what you would hear in Canada. Clubs are the only places to drink later in the night, so you cant do a late pub night here, its closes at 11pm. Also even as obvious as it seems it is difficult to cross the street. Habit dictates for me to look to the left first, then the right second. We haven't been too close getting hit yet, but i think we finally have it figured out... right as we are about to leave. Also everything is more technologically advanced here. well at least in common places. Like grocery stores have electronic voices that tell you what line you should go to, and when you should go there, make it so if you you were there first you will get helped first. and the underground and buses were the same. they tell you where every stop is and even little warning about the gap between the train and the platform. 'Mind the gap' it says,little too often actually. Gets kinda annoying, but its kind of our little joke now. Anyways i am out of Internet time! so I'll write in another few days
josh