oh yeah, am supposed to be posting things everyday

Alright, so right now I am SUPPOSED to be in Rome and only halfway through my trip. Not in Rome, and the trip is ending early. Not to worry, as soon as I get back, I'll start saving for the next trip.

So, Sunday, I went to Greenwich. That was a spur of the moment decision. I was just going to take the train to East London to see what was out there, and go far enough east that I've be past the Prime Meridian. I ended up on the train going to Greenwich instead. I should have planned it--would have saved some. It's not right off the underground. I hiked around the town, walked past lots of cool stuff I didn't stop to look at, and into a huge park where the Royal Observatory is. I was there too late to see the exhibits, or even get in the gates, but there's a place marked outside of the observatory where the Prime Meridian passes through. Got a German to take the photo after using hand signs.

Sunday evening, I came back and went to hang out with one of the others in my room here at the hostel. At one point in our six bed room, we had 4 Aussies, on American (me) and a Dane. The Dane wasn't really social, but the Aussies are all fun, and Karen and I went and hung out with Rob who is from here in London. A fun evening was had by all, as we all pointed out the cultural insufficientcies of each other's countries, or, as the Sun would put it, we really ragged on each other. We first went next door to the pub, but it closed at 1030pm. People in Orlando cry about how early things close there (2am)--they'd hate it here. We walked down to King's Cross Station and sat on the benches, where Karen and Rob introduced me to pasties (sort of like a hot pocket, but not)