Salvador Dali is Cool
Today was my first full day in London with the new time zone. Last night I set my cell phone alarm for 6:30 and got to bed around 10:30, completely exhausted. A little piece of advice...when you set your cell phone alarm, make sure that your phone time is in the correct time zone! Fortunately, I woke up at 6:15 and was wired...this never happens back home. I think it was because it was 10PM back home, and that's the time I usually hit my stride.
I got ready for work and left the hotel around 7:15. Wow was it cold outside, I am getting to be a wuss living in San Francisco. Fortunately I only have to take the Tube and walk for only a few minutes outside. I get down to the Tube and wonder if my clock was wrong, since there about as many people in the station as attend a 49ers game. I grabbed some Starbucks (totally not the same as the US Starbucks) and headed to the client.
Today was a bunch of meetings, explaining to the client what work was done there. Things went well with the client and I caught up with some old friends I had made at the client. Two of the guys, one from Australia and the other from Britain, were both Denver Broncos fans--what are the chances! I experienced the normal jet lag--one minute I felt great, the next I felt surreal. But all in all, a good day.
I am still trying to figure out what I am going to do this weekend. My original plans were to visit York to see the medival castle and cathedral, but the cost for train tickets at the last minute are more expensive than a cross-country flight in the US! Keep that in mind if you ever head over here and plan to take a train out of London. A site my friend recommended for train tickets is The Trainline. I am leaning towards a day in London and then to Oxford for a day--I hear the old college is a real treat and it has been recommended by a bunch of people here.
After work I met up with a couple of people from the client and we headed to an Italian place close by...pretty good. Tomorrow I am going out with a large group from the client and really looking forward to that.
Till next time...