London Town

Well, I am here in London town. The flight was 4 hours and had free movies and foods, so life is good. I'm staying in a hostel called Piccadilly Backpackers and is actually a hostel designed for packing students. Unlike the salvation army where it was full of older poor people, Piccadilly has blaring techno when you enter and people promoting their clubs just outside. London is definitely a billion times bigger and more alive during the day than Reykjavik. Where as in Reykjavik nobody goes out until 2 or 3 in the morning and then stay out on weekends through the 9 or 10 in the morning, London was very lively at 10 when I arrived. This might have to do with the fact that the sun never actually goes down in Iceland during the summer. Today in London I spent about half the day at the London Prosthetics Center and about half the day seeing all the sights. So work is definitely being accomplished, but I am still able to see enough to know that London is a pretty cool city. I walked down Abbey Road listening to the Beatles, kind of cliche, but still fun. I've already seen enough of their prosthetic care to know that the US has a lot of work to do if we ever want to be on the same level, but then again our taxes are only a small percentage of what they pay so no complaining yet. London is almost if not more expensive than Iceland, If prices don't fall as I move south and east, then Ill be broke before mid June. Its kind of ridiculous how much food is here. RAMEN TIME I guess. I thought I would be able to find a fish and chips place here, and after searching all day... settled for pizza. There are more pizza places here, and for the matter in Iceland also, than anywhere I have ever been in the US. I guess Europeans love pizza, we'll see if that trend continues in Italy. Haha.
Backpacking is kind of like urban camping. I live out of a sleeping bag, and pay for a locker and a bunk to live in. Other than sleeping I try not to spend a whole lot of time at the hostels. The people are all hippies and kind of strange.