Mindless Drones

Hello again, and welcome if you've freshly subscribed - against your will orotherwise. It's my 3rd or 4th day in london, I can't remember exactly, and Ihave already accomplished the grand task of navigating the extensive tube andbus network around the city and am proud to annouce that I have been asked fordirections 3 times already (none of these times I was able to be any helpwhatsoever). The title of this email refers to my opinion of rush-hour tube-traffic - all silent and direction-full (the opposite of directionless), andvery much like robots all filing in and out of the trains and stackingthemselves up on the escalator. I felt as though if I yelled, or stepped out ofline, I might be arrested or shot or something equally as absurd.Today I went to Hyde Park. I think that I was the only person there who wasn'tin a family group or a couple. What's with london being coupleville? That's sounfashionable. Anyway, Hyde Park is big and green and nice, and I think that Icould fall in love with it.So, to sum up, keep it short and avoid losing readers - my time in london hasso far been very domesticated and rather unchallenging, but I think that mightbe a good thing considering I'll be all over the place (both literally and inmy head) for the rest of the year. I can't stop myself imitating people'saccents, which I'm not sure if people find rude, and I think I want to havekids who have english accents.LoveSophie