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@dfunk
Greetings from the dirty south! (Of the states, that is.) My spouse and I are headed to England next week for a week in London and a second week in surrounding environs for fun, culture (Eddie Izzard says the history all comes from Europe...) and getting to know a new city from a bicycle saddle. Although the fixies are staying home, hopefully British Airways will treat our road bikes with enough care that they'll still be usable when they arrive. Obviously, we're going to want to spend part of our time being stupid American tourists, doing all the typical tourist things. (British Museum, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Eye, Hyde Park, Changing of the Guard, holding up traffic while walking barefoot across Abbey Rd, etc, etc, etc...) When we're not doing that, we want to explore the city, meet new and interesting people, learn how to ride on the left, and find some pubs where you can get a tasty pint whose price won't make you cry if you happen to earn your wages in US dollars. (And perhaps even find a place to go dancing that has no cover charge and a come-as-you-are dress code. Is there much overlap between fg/ss lovers and enjoying going out dancing over there? There is here in Atlanta.)
We're looking forward to a 25-degree (Fahrenheit) temperature drop, a complete lack of ugly southern accents and just having a general blast. If anybody has insider ideas of where to go and what to do, or would like to take us for a ride, we're all ears. We arrive 7am London time on Tuesday the 29th. We'll have limited internet access but we'll be checking back here periodically. So say "hello!"
P.S. If I accidentally happened upon any odd British colloquialisms, I apologize profusely. I keep waiting to stumble into a linguistic time bomb like the difference between British pants (USA: underwear) and American pants. (Britain: trousers, right?) What do you call padded bicycle shorts? Anyway, any offense is purely accidental.