1st day

So I am sitting here in an internet cafe near Leicester Square (which is oddly pronounced as Lester Square). It is also near Chinatown. Now before I get into how typically Chinese I am. I want to give my first impressions of London

First of all they have an incredible public transportation system. Everything is well lablled an organized and surprise, surprise they subways/ tube is clean and comfortable with padded seats...unlike nyc. Of course nyc has so many hobos and such on the subway so it would be impossible to have it like London but still....I can always dream

The enlgish are also very well mannered. I mean I have heard about it before but everyone seems very pleasant and polite...but not in that southern friendly way but more reserved.

Also London Heathrow is a pretty big airport and the terminals are all weirdly place. Thank god when I got off the plane and I stepped outside to have a cig, I met a person who was originally from Shanghai. He taught me the cheap way to get into downtown London.

Ok so I get off the plane in London and you think the first thing I would do is to try to grab some english food..but no I wanted Chinese food..go figure. I guess I am more asian than I thought. Also London is ridiculously expensive. Basically the dollar amount would be the same for what you would spend in nyc but times two. For example the subway ride from the airport to downtown was £4 which is 8 bucks american!! Also my meal in the chinese restaurant came out to £7.50 which if it was a straight exchange with the dollar would be fine but def no worth 15 bucks US. Goddamn...I can't afford to travel here.

Anyways I am gonna walk around some more and go to the B&B place to go to sleep. I have an early flight to Rome tommorow and I can't wait to see how it looks like..esp after Italy beat the French...haha poor French