Round Two - Edgeware road, London, England

Hi everyone! 26/03/06
I have been in the UK for two days and havent set foot inside a pub, I think I have broken a record! Ok London has lots of pubs but thats not to say there isn't so much more to do. After leaving Vietnam I was transfered through Paris Airport and arrived in England early in the morning. On the same flight as me was a young couple from Melbourne Lauren and Joel who have both been to London working before and helped me on the tube (they even bought my ticket thanks again guys!) The underground system is fantastic and much more reliable (so far) than the trains in Melbourne and they come every three minutes or so!!
London was very cold at first but I think I'm getting used to putting on ten layers of clothing before going out the door now, actually it can be quite fun but thats just me.
On my first day it was quite a releif to be able to wash my clothes properly and be somewhere cleaner and drink the tap water! Everything is seeming just too easy after Vietnam and I'm hanging out with Aussies most of the time so it seems almost like Australia except colder and much more expensive mostly because when I buy I convert everything roughly into Australian dollars, I should probably stop doing it but it helps me to budget!
On my first night I did a Jack the Ripper London walk which was more historical than spooky but still interesting and it was quite a big group so it was also quite fun. I havn't really talked to a lot of English people yet just on of the roomates here and people who have been have been helping me get around.
On the second day I hopped on the double deckers and let them take me to the National Gallery which was very intersting, they had paintings by Monet, Picasso and Da Vinicis Madonna on the rocks, its was quite surreal to see them right in front of me, more interesting than I expected even though every second painting was the Virgin Mary and child or Jesus on the cross, you would think there is nothing more interesting for people to paint about!!!
I went on another walk that night, it was a ghost walk and really was more about the history of England (if what they are saying is true there are a lot of ghots floating around in London) and was just as good as the Jack the ripper tour!
Today (Sunday) I went to the Camden Town Market which was fun but very goth/punk but had good deals, I found ear muffs!! It actually had a very good vibe about it and it had good food! There werent too many goths, it was mostly tourists who were there, after awhile it was boring because it was much of the same thing. I got a long warm jumper, postcards and leg warmers (i know but they are warm!) There are a few other markets I have to check out, I have learnt that you shouldnt buy until you've seen all the prices! I went to my first London pub tonight Fountain Abbey and had three glasses so your all a little foggy! A good day all around and I plan to go to Hyde Park tomorrow and reply to some job and apartment adds!
Take care everyone
xxoo
Emily