SEVEN DAYS

Alright, so I've arrived alive. Took a nice, long charter flight across the Atlantic and ended up in a place that basically looked exactly as I expected. All the chaos of any major Canadian airports, different accents. (Note, I said major. Not all Canadian airports are crazy, case and point the ones were there are two gates, and both of them involve walking onto the plane using stairs.)

However, that being said, I have already made a few observations that I must share with the world!

Urinals.

Alright, I can't be alone here. Urinals in Canada (and presumably the US) have a much different shape than the ones here. In NA, it's more flat to the wall, with extruding sides or dividers so you can hide your terrible shame from wandering eyes. As soon as I landed, I noticed that the urinal at the London Airport was basically a bowl. Just a bowl. Hanging out there, in the open, with like 5 others. Toni says it's because "What is their to hide?", but I still find it very odd.

I'll write more as I remember later into the week. For now, I'll get to the juicier details.

Toni grabbed me at the airport. Apparently it snowed, so she was a bit late (typical ;)) and the plane was a bit late as a result, as well. Coffee at the airport is crazy expensive, but hot chocolate was worse. I thought Second Cup was bad, honestly, until I purchase a 5 dollar hot chocolate from Costa Coffee. I also finished some prose/journal/brain-spill writing that I did on the plane. I may post that later, but right now my laptop is out of batteries and I have no working charger. (So, if you're wondering why Litmas isn't posted [Todd] that's why. Apologies.)

They drive on the wrong side of the road. Hahaha, yeah, I know, it's a worn out observation. It's actually not as weird as I thought, but roundabouts are weird and scary. I don't quite understand the dynamics of left turns being the same as right turns, but if I have to drive (which I can legally with a Canadian license) I'll have to get used to it.

Spent most of the day driving around. Watched The Ring for no other reason except for the fact that it was on and was mauled by a collective of strange animals.

Though I'd let people know that I wasn't dead. If you have any questions, please feel free to direct them to my agent. Or just ask.

Note: British keyboards have the quotation marks above the 2 key. Odd. The tilde is where that should be. Super odd.