March 11, 2004
London calling...
London is living up to its billing as being cold, overcast, dangerous for American pedestrians, and expensive.
I don't think it's been warmer than 40F all day. And it looks like tomorrow will be the same. At least later in the weekend it's supposed to warm up a bit, but that's when the rain starts.
No matter how much you try to prepare, backwards traffic is just freaky. I don't think I went 15 minutes today without thinking "what the hell? there's nobody driving that car!" Especially as a veteran pedestrian of Madison, I'm used to being aggressive when trying to cross streets, a behavior which I'll have to curb this week. Though the "Look Left" and "Look Right" signs help, the best strategy so far has been "Look Everywhere... Multiple Times". Then there's that strange lack of street signs. I'm normally a good navigator, especially when I've got a map, but when you can walk 6 blocks without any indication of what street you're on, nobody wins. Am I missing something?
After logging probably 10 miles on foot today (and a long jet-lag induced nap), I'm off to find some pub grub and a pint.