This morning our tube ride to Waterloo station on the Bakerloo tube skipped a station: Piccadilly Circus. The tube announcements had told us that trains would not be stopping there due to a security alert. As we eased through a deserted Piccadilly station, I joked about not having heard the news that the rest of the world was hanging on--that there was a major terrorism scare going on above us even as we yawned out of London. Just last night we talked with a British friend about how calmly and phlegmatically the Brits cope with terrorism.
It seems my jest was pretty close to the truth. We didn't catch up with the news until we reached Paris and turned on a TV.
I have a number of photos from the London Zoo, but I won't be posting them for a while. In fact, don't expect much on this blog for the next week and a half. The hotel provides wifi internet connection via a third part supplier that charges about 8 Euro/hour. I'm typing this from an internet cafe.
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