Lesson of the day: oatmeal in London is called porridge. If you try to ask for oatmeal they will give you a cup of hot whole milk. Other than that minor confusion it has not been too hard to manage here. The people are extremely nice and eager to help lost tourrists. The hostel we are staying at is super close to kings cross station, so it is very easy to get around. It is a very interesting sleeping arrangement, 20 people in one room on bunk beds.
Last night we went to the torch relay finale. It was a huge concert venue in the middle of Hyde park. It was a pretty neat experience but I started to fade pretty early and left at 7 pm to go to bed. The security was high. We had to go through metal detectors and the bags were all X-rayed and manually searched. There were visible snipers and missiles on the apartment buildings around the park, and there were several police helicopters hovering over the venue. We also passes numerous heavily armed guards, carrying assault rifles. I was talking with a friend and we could't decide if the security was making us more or less nervous.
Last night we went to the torch relay finale. It was a huge concert venue in the middle of Hyde park. It was a pretty neat experience but I started to fade pretty early and left at 7 pm to go to bed. The security was high. We had to go through metal detectors and the bags were all X-rayed and manually searched. There were visible snipers and missiles on the apartment buildings around the park, and there were several police helicopters hovering over the venue. We also passes numerous heavily armed guards, carrying assault rifles. I was talking with a friend and we could't decide if the security was making us more or less nervous.
Everything was sponsored by Coke, but they were handing out free soda
Interesting people and fashions
The hostel sleeping arrangements
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