after an early morning flight out of miami, an interminable layover in raleigh, some serious lsat practice/not sleeping on the plane, and what i thought to be some pretty quick learning of the heathrow express/paddington station/taxi stands i wound up at connie's! i spent the day showering, napping, watching marie antoinette and generally recovering from the flight and jet lag. connie got home from work and we went out to eat a cute place which we decided should only sell dessert because that's what they did best. we had a banaffee fool out of pure curiosity and it turns out that it's banana and toffee and cookie crumbs and creme fraiche layered out in a little cup--awesome. we came home to watch sideways during which i promptly and predictably fell asleep.
connie's apartment is adorable, but i'm excited to move into what can most easily be described as dorms. it's actually a bunch of row houses and i'm can't quite tell from the pictures online whether we'll be sort of in a house or if they renovated it to be some sort of long hallway, which would be an interesting dynamic. i'll find out on monday though! i'm happy to be here a few days early and get my bearings and my time zone straight.
question: i know that here you drive on the left side of the street (and thus have been religiously looking right at every street corner) but does that translate to sidewalks? should i also be walking on the left side of those? it's hard to tell based on other people, but maybe there are just a lot of right-side-walking americans around. i've decided to err toward the middle of the sidewalk just in case. that way i'll be in everyone's way. perfect.
edit: ah, niblett has just informed me that in fact, it does not make a difference. good to know. thanks, dude.
If you want to blend-in in London, you should walk on the sidewalk like this.
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