Impressions of London

October 20: It had been over twenty years since I'd previously been to London. It was familiar, comfortable but more worn, like a pair of shoes you still wear because they're comfortable even if the seams are coming apart. More crowds jostled for space on the Tube (subway) and the streets seemed more broken. But the city was still just as alive with people rushing to their destinations. And walls were still plastered with posters announcing theater shows.

More Londoners seemed to have non-UK accents from Italy, Germany, France and Eastern Europe. I suppose this is a result of the European Union, which allows its citizens to work anywhere. Young people were taking advantage of the opportunity to experience life in another country first-hand.