Day 2

Just to relieve you of all of your worries, this blog will not be maintaining a day by day post for the whole 7 months while I'm overseas but will try and keep you posted throughout the more exciting times when travelling around the north-west parts of europe over the next month or so as thats all the stuff you want to hear about.
Today was another incredible day. Woke up after a solid 14 hours sleep (thanks jet lag) to two new french guys sleeping on the other side of our room (4 bed dorm). Aaron also informed me that I missed a phone call, some heated russian discussion and noise from the hall and their entry and unpacking. Fair to say it was a pretty deep sleep.
Today we covered more of historical England. We travelled to the site of the Globe Theatre reliving Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night for all those shakespeare enthusiasts from English Studies with Fr Hogan back in Adelaide. Then crossed the newly constructed the new Millenium bridge to explore St Pauls Cathedral. Absolutely monstrous in size I personally found it significantly better than Westminster Abbey and was surprised that I personally hadn't really heard much about it. (Google it)
We visited the Bank of England to satisfy the business and commerce side of things for Aaron and he felt proud that he knew exactly what was being explained with regards to inflation and the economy. Also lifted up a bar of gold worth $10 million. Incredibly heavy and yet small enough to be lifted by one hand.
The day finished with a tour of the Tower Bridge which looks over 500 years old but is only 100 years old.
We still have so much to cover yet our feet are feeling the effects of covering some serious km's. We will push on however to keep you all updated with the happenings of London.
Again some London fun facts for you,
-London bridge did in fact fall down...and was rebuilt 30 years ago much to our disgust due to its lack of history.
-London has a lot of stairs.
-There is a fee for those who are game enough to drive their car in the city of London. 8-10 pounds a day.
-There is an initiative in place for bike riding in London resulting in thousands of bikes absolutely every where and some streets being constructed solely for them.
-There are no bins located in the London underground or any major landmarks following the london bombings.
-London is home to an incredible amount of Adelaidean dopplegangers and some are just uncanny in their  similarity to the extent where at times I feel offended that they don't automatically say hello.
-There is an asian restaurant chain called Wagamamma which was the scene for our recent dinner.

As a result of some requests I have revisited my sign off and will be trialling some over the next couple of issues.
So for the next issue, watch this space.
Dillon