Wide awake

Well, after a long day of flying, training and walking. Here it is. 5:30 am London time. It's a six hour difference than in the states. It should be 11:30 pm there...and by there, I mean central time, USA.

London is a huge city. Period. It is also a multicultural mecca. It's also really expensive. Considering the value of the pound to the dollar. So, we are trying to be creative as we can.

Good news is that we'll be meeting up with Robby Silver and hopefully the wonderous wonderful Megan. Good luck with getting your flight Megan.

Plans for today include: going to a wholesale market that opens at midnight and closes at 8 am. Walking up to the London Museum. All city museums in London are free. Private ones cost $.

After that, we'll meet up with Robby and his friend Jim and go from there. Maybe go to a show tonight. There's a booth somewhere that sells half price tickets to theatre productions the day of the show. Thank you Rick Steves best of Europe 2008. And thank you Matt Kula and Michelle for buying us that book. It has been most helpful in our travel thus far.

London is a beast to navigate. It all makes sense as far as history goes. People locate and relocate according to the area they wanted to be, close to the river. Spread into their respective districts and economic stratospheres. However, it's all mixed up by contemporary standards. Streets don't go east west or north south. There is no city planning in that regard. The streets change name on every block.

It's not unusual here in London to come across people from any ethnicity or nationality. It could be that we are in a particularly youthful district.



We ate at a great little spot yesterday.








This is a mini breakfast that I had. Baked beans, an egg, a sausage, and bacon. THICK bacon. I don't really like bacon, but you have the have the local fare. It was really salty. And the beans were bland. Mixed together: not too bad.





Last night's hostel that we stayed at is named St. Christopher's Inn. A high rated, and cheap hostel located just blocks south of the London bridge. This is a view of the city off the bridge viewing west.





That's it. I'm going to go wake up Amanda so we can start off this great day. It's supposed to rain and I'd like to get a moving. Also, breakfast starts at 6am. Which it is now. And let's face it, I know she's hungry. Well, I'm hungry.

See, insomnia is good for something.

Tentative plans for the next week to week and a half: to Liverpool to Dublin back to London to France.

Kevi-poo.