london: 5 out of 10
yes, mediocre is a word fit for london. the history is nice, and so are the sites, but truthfully that's where the quid stops. horrible crazy traffic... i will not complain about NYC traffic anymore, well at least for the 1st week back stateside. london drivers prefer to take driving as a sport, i believe they drive purely for the competition of who can run over more people at a given period. and this whole driving on the left side of the road as opposed to the right, which if i'm not mistaken, is the side the REST of the world drives one... adds to my theory that the drivers are just out to run people over. moreover, the food sucks here and the exchange rate is absurd, abso-fuckin-lutely absurd. since when did horribly cooked food and mediocre quality amount to a higher value... only in britain, where they still cling desparately to the facade of superiority. a USD 1 should be worth more than a few pence over here.
okie, all complaining aside, it is refreshing to be of legal drinking age over here, as well, the weather has been nice for me, nicer than nyc has been to me the week prior to my arrival here in the UK. its quite refreshing to have such highbreed royal sights to visit such as a few palaces within a city. and of course there is always the love affair with the british accent. although i do think "our forefathers" and i use that term loosely, very loosely, since i am chinese above all else, so i don't really qualify as much as a fully-bred American with Irish/German/British, did fuck up Americanized English much, although... Leicester Sq. and the such does lead me to renege on that. The British come up with silly long-ass names for things, but then don't even pronounce half of what they make you spell. ::sigh::
another GREAT thing about london (one of the few...) is the london theater! truly one of the best, even stomp was phenomenalover here as compared to nyc, where is origniated. truly wonderful. and being in london, while they don't speak an entirely differently language than us americans, still gives you a feel of europe. and nothing is more novel to us americans, than 'you're-a-peein' ;-) time for grub. before my first experience with fish and chips...wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
okie, all complaining aside, it is refreshing to be of legal drinking age over here, as well, the weather has been nice for me, nicer than nyc has been to me the week prior to my arrival here in the UK. its quite refreshing to have such highbreed royal sights to visit such as a few palaces within a city. and of course there is always the love affair with the british accent. although i do think "our forefathers" and i use that term loosely, very loosely, since i am chinese above all else, so i don't really qualify as much as a fully-bred American with Irish/German/British, did fuck up Americanized English much, although... Leicester Sq. and the such does lead me to renege on that. The British come up with silly long-ass names for things, but then don't even pronounce half of what they make you spell. ::sigh::
another GREAT thing about london (one of the few...) is the london theater! truly one of the best, even stomp was phenomenalover here as compared to nyc, where is origniated. truly wonderful. and being in london, while they don't speak an entirely differently language than us americans, still gives you a feel of europe. and nothing is more novel to us americans, than 'you're-a-peein' ;-) time for grub. before my first experience with fish and chips...wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.