Some simple observations

London transport is great, I'll give it that. But sometimes it's just plain stupid. Take, for example, this scenario that happened to me just the other night. After a long day on my feet at work, I decided to take the bus home, as opposed to the tube, just to save a few pence. Well, first of all the bus took bloody forever to come. When it finally came, midway through the journey I hear the lady voice on the speaker say, "This bus has changed destinations. It now terminates at Moorgate." WTF. I needed to get all the way to London Bridge, how the fuck does a bus just decide NOT to complete its journey when people have already paid to get on the overpriced thing! So, I had to get off and take the tube anyway. Oy vey.



On another note,
I love going for walks. It's during the quieter walks that it really clicks in that I am living in London. The streets smell like gas, I don't know if that's because the cars emit more, or if its just that I'm always so close to vehicles, as opposed to LA where nobody walks. There's just a distinctive gassy smell to London, I can't explain.

My walk to class is great. I walk across the river, then I pass a landscape that includes the London Eye and the Big Ben just beyond the Thames. I love this city.
I still don't feel completely settled in, though.

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