When I arrived in London, I had a hard time realizing exactly where I was. After all, I had sat inside a metal tube for 7 hours (sleeping part of the time), then walked through endless tubes at an airport, then went underground and rode through subway tubes for a while. When I emerged, people were driving on the “wrong” side of the street, and talking far too intelligently. Okay, I knew I was in London. But feeling like I was in London didn’t occur until I laid eyes on Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, the unmistakable symbols […]