1) The roads are not in any particularly easy-to-follow system. You kind of guess the direction you want to go and you try it. As far as I can tell, there is no grid. Just a giant cluster-... well, you know. The Tube is easy to navigate.
2) Seeing people drive on the left side of the road is NOT weird. However, seeing the driver on the right side of the car IS.
3) There are bicycles. They are like cars. Except they drive faster. Yes, faster.
4) Signs are amusing. They do not have "Exit" signs unless it's "Emergency Exit". They have "Way Out" signs. "Yield" is "Give Way". And yesterday I found a sign that said "Beware. Thieves operate in this area."
5) The air is significantly fresh and breezy for a city. We think it is because the buildings are further apart and shorter.
6) Everyone is more relaxed. They move quickly, but it is not the giant system that NYC has when it comes to walking about the city.
7) They drive on the left but walk on the right. Also, on escalators, standing traffic stays on the right while moving goes to the left-same as us. Weird.
8) As far as I can tell, there are no garbages on the street. And surprisingly, there is little garbage. It is really clean.
9) Lines aren't lines. They're queues. And Bathrooms are Toilets.
10) And this one's for Scott. Places where you gamble/play slots/etc. are called Amusement. Or at least that's what's in the window.
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