Planning, planning, planning

Listening to the news on the riots. Apparently the vigilante groups there trying to prevent the rioters from looting their neighbourhoods are giving the police more problems then the rioters themselves. The night was fairly quiet from what I am hearing though. The news also says they have arrested around 800 people in regards to the rioting and looting, including an 11 year old boy and a "primary school teacher". What sticks with me the most is the interview they did the father of one of the three people that died when a car hit them. His son died trying to stop rioters from looting his neighbourhood. The father said "I lost my son. You want to loose your son? Keep your children at home and be safe, let the police deal with it." (not an exact quote as its from memory, but you get my point). I think the phenomenon of the neighbourhoods banding together to prevent rioters from looting their neighbourhoods is surprising the journalists. They keep expressing their surprise about it, yet when I talk to people I am not surprised by it. The people I talk to are very proud of their city, and seem very irked with the violence from the riots. Its something to see.

I did promise you pictures didn't I?

What? you don't find the cat ball of pure evil cute? All right I am kidding I do have some pictures of London so far. Mostly of the view from my hotel window.

So pretty isn't it? Mind you its so overcast today and is likely to rain. I am hoping to be able to see Wallace Museum today and book two tours. Hoping to see Stone Henge and Bath. Hells yeah day trip to Stone Henge! There is a Tower of London Tour that looks promising as well. So much to do, its too bad I am still kinda feeling icky from the plane ride. My headache only now just went away. Ah well. Hopefully I will be able to get some nice pictures of the street I am on. The hotel I am staying in used to be a Victorian house.  The rooms are tiny things and the Hotel itself is a maze. Its kinda neat to see which staircase is going to take me where, like the Winchester house or Bio Sci but more expensive and with no crying English students.

Man English money is weird. They have two cent coins, and the one pound coins are thick. Their money is wider too. I should take pictures. Still have no idea what a quid is though.

Until next time, I hope you all are having a lovely day, and I will post later on.