When you picture Abbey Road, what are your first thoughts, a non crowded street with four Beatles walking by? Well I hate to crush your dreams, but the times have changed. The amount of traffic that now runs through the street had me at times fearing for my life, it’s amazing to see the difference through the years. While mayhem in sued I must say I was still in awe walking across the same road the Beatles once did, trying my best to replicate their strut across while having cars stare me down because I may not have been walking fast enough. It was quite comical watching all the tourist recreating a picture, I’m sure at the time, was not believed to be a moment in history. Sometimes it baffles my mind just how much we let things of this nature become something we get so excited over, I guess it’s all about the little things. It was definitely something I had been looking forward to doing since I found out I was coming here, so it was such a fun experience.
Next on Saturdays agenda was to visit Camden Town, there’s a huge market in old Camden Stables. While there were some decent prices, there were just too many people for me to navigate around. I’m not much for crowds to begin with but when you’re running on a few hours sleep and freezing because of the wind chill, you’re just asking to be miserable. It was still rather enjoyable but I must say I could never visit the market again and be completely content with life. My friend Tricia and I were craving some decent Chinese food so we set out on a mission to find some after we pushed our way through the market. Finally we stumbled upon what we thought was an expectable place, but how wrong we were. They called this restaurant a buffet, and what I was expecting was just how it is back home, a thousand choices and real Chinese food, they didn’t even have General Tso chicken, how is that even possible? While the food wasn’t that great the ice cream machine they had was decent so I snagged some of that but I must say I’m missing my fix of Chinese food back home.
I must also state that the food is decent but totally bland, I’m piling my food high with salt and it seems to not make a difference. There’s two things I miss desperately Wawa hoagies and Wings, if I could have those two things within my reach here I would be set for life. I have also discovered they carry my Cadbury Egg’s all year round, now that makes me happy. I just want a decent meal, something that doesn’t have chips (fries) as a side.
Other than those two things, there isn’t much I miss about the United States, the life here is so much more relaxed, and time seems to pass slowly here. Three weeks in and I can already tell the English know how to actually enjoy their lives, in America it’s just go go go, which has it’s ups and downs, things close early here so there’s lots of sitting around, I’ll be thankful for it when I return back to normal life and need a break.
I’m off to Amsterdam this weekend. I’ll be visiting Anne Frank’s house, which is something I am most excited about. Not looking forward to getting up at 5 am tomorrow with no decent coffee to give me the pick me up I need, but I’m just praying it will be worth it. This marks my first adventure outside of England since my arrival so I am truly excited. I will be sure to keep you all updated on how it went.
Until next time.
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