London..
I’ve really enjoyed the first two days of London.
We flew into Heathrow Airport, got through customs, and made our way to the Picadilly line of the Undedrground Railroad. Compared to New York Subways, London Underground is like a bunch of toy trains. The cars are a little smaller, with a slightly curved ceiling, padded seats with armrests, and all the handhold bars are bright blue or yellow. Every car has maps of that train’s line all over it, so you can read a map from anywhere in the car. Plus, they all have screens with scrolling text.. Our first train’s screen said “This train is for COCKFOSTERS” I thought it was some sort of joke, but a glance at the map showed the last stop was, indeed, Cockfosters. Of course, the screen in the next train was worded “this train terminates at..” so maybe it is a joke…
We met up with a friend of my sister’s who is living with his girlfriend in a flat below her parents’ house. The entrance to the basement flat is through a closet, so we shove through coats every time we go between flats. Theresa and I are both sleeping in the parents’ flat. We stayed up all of yesterday, even though it felt like 3:00 AM when we arrived in London. Sleep on the flight hadn’t been easy..
We went shopping around Oxford and Regent Streets, which was very crowded and a lot like a shorter, less ugly New York.
Today we walked across a heath, saw the Kenwood House which acts as sort of an art gallery..they have a Rembrandt and some other fun stuff.. We tried to go to another art gallery, but it was closed. We got back in the car, and were deciding where to go when an old lady parked her car right beside ours, boxing us in, and proceeded to get out and start grocery shopping. Theresa’s friend managed to chase her down and convince her to, if not find a parking space, at least let us out..
We then went to the London Zoo. Fun, your usual zoo.. We also went to a rose garden, where I found out that I’m probably allergic to some sort of rose.
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