Enter London
I am a temporary Londoner. I live in a house with 24 girls. I miss American football. I've slept 8 hours in 72.
That's the situation.
I'm living in central London, specifically the Bloomsbury district within the borough of Camden. Madison House is on the corner of Gower and Chenies streets. That doesn't mean very much if you are not in London, but we are two blocks from a high street (main road) and a 50 minute drunken walk from Piccadilly Circus, the times square of London.
Expensive. I've found that my drinking habit will become extremely expensive during my time in London. A pint for £2.50 may seem like a good deal. But multiply that by 1.75. Tabs of $40 will be fun.
British Culture p. 1
No free refills.
There are three types of water: Tap, Still, Sparkling. Still water is not free...at least £2.
You don't tip. The prices destroy that margin.
'Toilets' not 'Restrooms'.
It's not possible to get separate checks.
Light beer doesn't exist.
Cars have the right-of-way, not pedestrians.
Street blocks don't exist. Roads have absolutely no pattern.
The eggs aren't refrigerated.
'Axe' is 'Lynx'.
Apparently Londoners loved 'Cheers' at some point.
More to come I'm sure.
Cheers.
That's the situation.
I'm living in central London, specifically the Bloomsbury district within the borough of Camden. Madison House is on the corner of Gower and Chenies streets. That doesn't mean very much if you are not in London, but we are two blocks from a high street (main road) and a 50 minute drunken walk from Piccadilly Circus, the times square of London.
Expensive. I've found that my drinking habit will become extremely expensive during my time in London. A pint for £2.50 may seem like a good deal. But multiply that by 1.75. Tabs of $40 will be fun.
British Culture p. 1
No free refills.
There are three types of water: Tap, Still, Sparkling. Still water is not free...at least £2.
You don't tip. The prices destroy that margin.
'Toilets' not 'Restrooms'.
It's not possible to get separate checks.
Light beer doesn't exist.
Cars have the right-of-way, not pedestrians.
Street blocks don't exist. Roads have absolutely no pattern.
The eggs aren't refrigerated.
'Axe' is 'Lynx'.
Apparently Londoners loved 'Cheers' at some point.
More to come I'm sure.
Cheers.
posted by Rob @ 1/23/2006 09:07:00 AM
1 Comments:
At 2:35 PM,
Turd Ferguson said…
Yoooo Robby its Gary bro!!! I saw what you are doing on here and it looks like alot of fun, I now have a page also. Im working on mine so it should be up in a day. I'll make sure that you get the address. I hope everything in england is going well, sounds like alot of fun. Well im going to get back to work on mine. Talk to you later bro, or should i say lad?? haha hit me up man. Peace
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