J.R.'s San Francisco Update

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

London

In the interest of time, I've decided to resurrect this blog rather than start a new one. So ignore the part about San Francisco at the top and consider this J.R.'s Europe Update for the next couple of months. I'm sitting at London Heathrow and have noticed a observations.

First off, every time I come through I always have to chuckle at how much Brits look like Brits. I have this solid picture in my head of the British face and -- wow -- there are some cliche British faces in Britain. The best examples I can think of right now are the star of Shaun of the Dead, and in particular, his mother-who-turns-zombie. A good half of them bear an eerie similarity to one of the characters in that flick.

Never one to disappoint, the London weather -- in the middle of an August afternoon -- is absolutely dismal. It's gray, drizzly, and generally sour ... again, just as I remember it.

Let's see, what else ... oh, yes! Italians and Spaniards wear really colorful shoes. You can pretty much pick them out based on their feet alone. Apparently in order to feel like a fiery Latin person, you must wear bright pink shoes. To complete the effect, a lime green shirt helps. That really sets of the pinks shoes.

OK, that's it for now. I leave for Barcelona in two hours!

J.R.

P.S. I'm a bit troubled by how unbelievably weak the dollar is and how much that sucks for me. When moving over to the pound, I'm losing almost 50%. The Euros prices aren't quite as bad but we're still looking at close to 30% difference when you factor in fees. Ouch.