From beneath the Tower

“O brave new world with such people in it!” – Miranda The Tempest

Personal observations I have had in the 48 hours since commencing my biggest adventure yet:

1. Don’t fly economy internationally unless your grandest wish is to feel like a sardine.
2. When a flight offers free booze there will be people who abuse the privilege.
3. Having you’re phone enabled to call internationally and actually having a signal while there are two entirely different things.
4. Jet lag is amazingly easy to get over if you just don’t sleep on the plane ride over.
5. 5 locks to get from the street to the inside of your flat is normal here.
6. I cannot operate those said locks while jetlagged despite my past occupation of being part time locksmith.
7. You couldn’t pay me enough to drive through these streets.
8. London resembles a last minute art project, building wise. Everything’s sort of hodgepodged together with hopes that the teacher is paying more attention to the grand idea then the details.
9. People actually use the term knackered here. One day I hope someone will tell me something and it won’t have to pass through three different filters for me to get their actual meaning.
10. The fashion here ranges from posh designer labels to hobo chic with the average Londoner looking like they dressed in the dark. Most are successful, but the ones that aren’t are really fascinating.
11. The tube is actually fairly easy to navigate OR getting lost on the subway so much in New York is finally working in my favor.
12. Original Victorian hard wood floors are cold in the morning.
13. The cemetery on the way to school looks like the one out of a Muppet Christmas Carol. I half expected Michael Caine to be wandering around with Gonzo and Rizzo.
14. Hasn’t rained a drop since I’ve landed.
15. No matter where you go in the world, there will always be a starbucks.

.

.