Dear London Town

I met up with Woody today. Woody is a former Pembroke Hill-er, now a senior in college, who is doing some research here on urgent care. He is comparing the US and UK responses in urban and rural cities.

Since today is Woody’s 23rd birthday, I told him he must get out and come to town and we’d go do something.

We met up at Waterloo and walked along South Bank and past the London Eye and down to Westminster Bridge, where we crossed by the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, and over past Westminster Abbey.

As it was his birthday, I asked him what he wanted to do. Naturally, he wanted a pint.

We walked down a ways to a pub I was familiar with and sat down with our pints and chatted.

The pub was pretty interesting in the fact that its location meant it was a regular stopping place for the various government figures. There was even a bell in place to signal votes and when they needed to return to work!

After the pub, we walked along the bank toward the Jubilee footbridge, where we parted so he could catch a tube back north and I walked the bridge home and took a short video of the view. Seen through the fog are Big Ben, the London Eye, the Thames, the Jubilee Bridge and trains from Waterloo.

I continued my walk home and enjoyed people watching and checking out the various bars and restaurants that were filled along the way.

My neighborhood is lovely.