Black Snot and Spamalot

I'm adding a little corny creativity to my London experience, because while London was definitely creative, it was also, in many senses, corny.
L- Loads of pigeons. Disease-ridden, beady-eyed throngs of pigeons everywhere. You know how random musicians play in the streets and have money tossed to them? A man was standing in Trafalgar Square with pigeons on every part of his body--just clinging to him. And he was expecting people to give him money for this amazing feat.. and people were doing it! I'm not sure of the sanity of anyone anymore.
O- Over-friendly subway riders. I have become a master at riding the Underground, and also apparently at attracting rather odd folk. One man spent the whole ride (which was a painful 5 minutes) commenting on other peoples' appearances--their body fat content--as well as sticking his head out the back of the car we were in and telling me some odd story about who knows what.
N- Noses emit black snot. Whenever I picked....er, blew... my nose, the contents would be black from all the smog and grime in London. Clearly a very, very healthy city to live in. Quite advanced as far as pollution goes.
D- Disgusting: Way of life in the Celtic Hotel. We had one shower between 4 different floors, and the WC had no sink in it; we had to rush back down to our rooms where the sinks were to wash. They did serve us a traditional English breakfast (aka Grease McGreasy) every morning, which was sweet of them.
O- Oh, Spamalot... Definitely one of the highlights of this first London trip. Showed a lot of insight to why Brits are like they are. Very cultural experience.
N- Napoleon was defeated. Result: Trafalgar Square. My very favorite! Includes the National Gallery (da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo... Turner, van Gogh, Monet... just to name a few), National Portrait Gallery... and many pigeons. Meh.

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