London trip is over, hello NYC.
So I'm back from my London adventure. Although I went to see my fiance, who's doing a month-long internship for a publishing company there, I also went for some sightseeing.
It was a great trip. I've never been to Europe before so a lot of it was novel to me.
I never thought I had to be so careful when crossing the street, seems like the cars came from all directions. The public transportation system, the Underground, was in some ways, better than the New York City subway. The train stations were cleaner, they had partitions between the platform and the track, and they had signs for when the next train was going to arrive. Imagine all that in New York City. Instead of sitting around, not knowing when the next train was coming, you knew exactly that the next train on the Jubilee line was in 3 minutes. Great, isn't it?
Also of note were the people. I suppose that it was the area I was in, South Quay, but they all seemed to be young, beautiful, and upwardly mobile. It was like they all were 24-30 years old and were in great shape. I don't know. Maybe it was just the area.
Corporate housing is great. You got a pool, a gym, a doorman, and heated floors. Heated floors. Can you believe it?
But everything was expensive, maybe it was because of the weak American dollar, it was like two Dollars to every Pound. So even though a Starbucks latte only costs about three Pounds, that's six American dollars. Whoa.
Regardless, it was a great time. Saw a lot of things. Even got to see the Queen of England at Windsor Castle. Had high tea in Windsor. Saw Buckingham Palace, Trafalga Square, Piccadilly Circus, and rode on the London Eye. That was a doozy. It goes pretty high, if you know what I mean.
Check out the pictures...
It was a great trip. I've never been to Europe before so a lot of it was novel to me.
I never thought I had to be so careful when crossing the street, seems like the cars came from all directions. The public transportation system, the Underground, was in some ways, better than the New York City subway. The train stations were cleaner, they had partitions between the platform and the track, and they had signs for when the next train was going to arrive. Imagine all that in New York City. Instead of sitting around, not knowing when the next train was coming, you knew exactly that the next train on the Jubilee line was in 3 minutes. Great, isn't it?
Also of note were the people. I suppose that it was the area I was in, South Quay, but they all seemed to be young, beautiful, and upwardly mobile. It was like they all were 24-30 years old and were in great shape. I don't know. Maybe it was just the area.
Corporate housing is great. You got a pool, a gym, a doorman, and heated floors. Heated floors. Can you believe it?
But everything was expensive, maybe it was because of the weak American dollar, it was like two Dollars to every Pound. So even though a Starbucks latte only costs about three Pounds, that's six American dollars. Whoa.
Regardless, it was a great time. Saw a lot of things. Even got to see the Queen of England at Windsor Castle. Had high tea in Windsor. Saw Buckingham Palace, Trafalga Square, Piccadilly Circus, and rode on the London Eye. That was a doozy. It goes pretty high, if you know what I mean.
Check out the pictures...
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