I Went All The Way To London And Ate At Pizza Express

I've noticed people here don't follow the unspoken rule in America that you always walk on the right side of the sidewalk. Seriously it's so much more annoying. You're constantly weaving in and around other people. You'd think that maybe I'm just supposed to walk on the left side because they drive on the left side...but no, I tried that and it didn't work. People are literally walking straight at you sometimes until at the last second one of you chooses which side you're going to take. Also, groups of people walk in a line down the sidewalk without accomodating people coming from the other direction by moving to one side. I hear that it's much more acceptable to split up a line of people on the sidewalk here than it is in the states.

HSBC is everywhere! I cashed my traveler's checks there.

Tower Bridge was fun! Me, Greg, and Julia took the tour and did sightseeing at the top and learned (sort of) how the bridge was built and how it runs. That part I don't really care about...but they had all these things kids used to do and wear in the Victorian era that I got to play with. Here's a video of that.



After our Tower Bridge tour, we crossed the bridge over the Southwark, where we were pleasantly surprised with what we found. There was a cool row of shops on the Thames bank in a little pedestrian alley. Just being along the Thames was nice, and I got a lot of cool pictures of Tower Bridge there. I'd recommend that area as a be-around-just-the-locals activity.

Also, Southwark was not pronounced how I thought at all. It is pronounced "Suh-thick." What? Why do the Brits add and remove letters from words at will?

We took the tube to St. James Cathedral after Southwark, and it was really pretty! We almost stayed for the 6-o-clock service. But instead we got to watch from the back so we could leave at any point...which we did after listening to some cool songs.

Yes, I ate at Pizza Express in London and it was delicious! Haha it's actually NICE pizza...not like Pizza eXpress at school at all!! I ordered a chicken pizza and ate the whole thing.

After dinner, Julia had to work so I went to Chelsea with Greg for a few hours. I saw his dorm complex, where the rooms are TINY! I hope my room isn't that tiny when I study in London or else I may feel claustrophobic. Since there was nothing to do at Greg's dorm, we then went to a Croatian pub to watch a Croatia vs. Turkey soccer game. I started getting really tired there, and, to be honest, kinda bored because no one ever scored. It was 0-0 half way through overtime when I finally got so tired that I took a taxi home. Overall, I'm glad I had that experience, though.