so far so good! I am finally starting to get my bearings and figuring out where things are and how to navigate around the city. kind of... i am TERRIBLE with directions so this basically means i know where a tube station is close to me and a grocery store and some pubs haha.
We went on a three hour panoramic bus tour of london today which was really really really interesting. I swear the tour guide knows everything. just everything. period. Thats another thing ive noticed about the brits, they pride themselves (the ones ive talked to) on knowing at least a little bit about everything. They like to be well read and the definitely know their history. Especially british history. Im not saying americans arent well read or knowledgeable (because they definitely are!) but its a different kind of thing I feel like we tend to study specific things to our interest. (more random useless observations haha)
one of the most interesting thing i found about what he was telling us is that it seems most of english history and english present is based on the unplanned. they take things as they come and deal with them as best as they can. and have always done a pretty damn good job at it. I'm gonna use this as the basis for my time here!
we also bonded with some local brits at a pub tonight. VERY good conversation. I don't know if I could have held such conversations at home but it was definitely a good night!
More stories tomorrow!
~Lea
No comments:
Post a Comment