Silly British Things

For my family following back home, I had to include a few giggle-worthy tidbits about my day. This morning, I bought my Oyster card, which is a pass to get around London via any form of transportation--bus, taxi, tube. The Oyster card is a great investment, and it comes in a little wallet, as you can see: 

 

While in Waterloo Station, I also used a British ATM for the first time and withdrew some...pounds! All hail the Queen!

  

Waterloo Station is fantastic; there are so many stores there, making it resemble a mall in the USA. They also have a drug store there, Boots, where I bought a couple of needed toiletries and...a British tabloid! I couldn't help myself. He he he!

Now THERE is a real souvenir, right?

TimeOut magazine is free here, so I grabbed a copy of it in the dorm lobby. Guess what? They had a brief interview with Michael C. Hall about...Dexter! How great is that? Judging from the two magazines, the British seem a bit more preoccupied with machismo than Americans, and TimeOut asked Hall some--to me--silly questions, including whether he was interested in "old-school macho-ness," and I thought he gave a rather intelligent answer to a rather stupid question: "I'm drawn to the romance of that older definition of what being a man is about. But we live in a world where that doesn't realistically work; and if I'm honest, it wouldn't actually appeal to me" (49). Thank you! He also uses the word "icon" correctly in response to a later question, much to my English major glee. 

As you can see from my previous post, today has been a good day, and tomorrow will be even better: Brace yourselves, folks, I'm going on a day trip to...OXFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY! Holy. Moly. How will I ever go to sleep?!?!?!

A full response coming in the next 24 hours. Until then, my cronies...

Love,

Laura!