In no particular order, some of the things I love about London-
London Bridge at Dusk
1. Big red tour buses.
2. The sidewalk corners that all say “LOOK RIGHT!” so that silly little tourists like me don’t get smashed by on-coming traffic.
3. Anything with “Mind the Gap” written on it.
4. Castles
5. Palaces
6. Cathedrals
7. Buildings older than the entire United States.
8. Kebab street vendors
9. Seeing places I’ve read about in literature my entire life.
10. The accents.
11. That KFC is so popular there, and that they call it KFC and not Kentucky Fried Chicken. And the KFC near the Tower of London that boasts 100 types of beer. And that KFC there serves beer.
12. Pubs
13. Ordering bangers and mash and nobody looks at me funny.
14. Red phone booths (and the overwhelming urge to make phone calls from one to my friends and saying, “LONDON CALLING!” when I do.)
15. That downtown London looks a lot like downtown New York City- Starbucks, Gap, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, etc all over the place. But somehow, they are just cooler in London!
16. Cheap summer deals to London.
17. All the songs I can sing that include London in it- London Bridges (the children’s tune), London Bridge (by Fergie), London Calling (the Clash), Werewolves of London,Foggy Day in London Town, and on and on and on!
KFC that serves beer? Well that’s a match made in heaven! London is really something else, I think all it needs is just a occasional day’s worth of sun once in a while and it’ll be perfect!