Pleased!

I LOVE living here. I love it. It so far surpasses just traveling here I can't even believe it.

There are these things called Oyster cards, that give you almost half off on all public travel fare, and only people who live and work in and around London carry them, for the buses, trains and Tube. I have one. It is so exhilarating to swipe. Here is an example of why it is so great to be here as a resident:

Today Lea and I got up to meet our other friend Carolyn at the train station that's halfway between our two places. We went to the Globe and bought tickets to see Henry IV Part I. This was the original plan. I had mentioned that I wanted to go see the Rosetta Stone, so we headed off to the British Museum. When we got off the tube for the museum, what should we see but the theater that plays "We Will Rock You," the musical of Queen music. We go in to check student prices (£30). We thank the woman at the box office and are about to leave when we realize the matinee is at 2:30, in a few hours. So instead of coming back another day, we get tickets for that afternoon. So after a few hours roaming through ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek and Roman artifacts at the museum, we go to see the show. "We Will Rock You" is really fun, and although it apparently didn't do well in the States, it is a great show. The lead male sounded uncannily like Freddy Mercury.

Then, after coffee, we stand for three hours to watch Henry IV, which is probably the best theater production I have seen certainly this year, and possibly in several years. I was blown away. I can't wait to go back and see Part II, which will be another night at the globe.

The best part is, with our Oyster cards, all that travel only cost us about £6. The tickets and some food and postcards were more, but that is incredibly cheap for two trains, bus rides to the station and back, and two rides on the tube (normally costing almost £5 each).

I love this city so so much.

I am getting sick, however, and I just dosed myself with a lot of Benadryl, so I am crashing presently.

C