The Eye of Patrick

My last europen post will brief as I want to return to posting about my time in Japan.

After Germany I flew into London to spend a few days before I made my return trip to Japan. While in London I met up with my friend who is from Japan but is doing his masters degree in London. It was nice to have a chance to see an old friend.

This was my second time in London; I went when I was much younger and so I didn’t feel a need to see everything, though I did make it to the Science Museum, Tower Bridge and Paddington station to see Paddington bear.

If you do not know who Paddington bear is, he is:

“Paddington is an anthropomorphised bear. He speaks English, wears a battered hat which he refuses to part with, and carries with him everywhere a battered suitcase (later revealed to have a secret compartment in which Paddington keeps those items he considers most important – such as his passport, for example) containing his personal belongings. When found and in the early editions, he also wore a duffle coat, and wellington boots. He is always polite (always addressing people as “Mr.”, “Mrs.” and “Miss”, and very rarely by first names), well-meaning (though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval), likes marmalade sandwiches and cocoa, and has an endless capacity for getting into trouble. However, he is known to “try so hard to get things right”.” (wikipedia)

I went to the train station just to take the picture of the teddy bear with him. He is kind of like a childhood hero to me and I still love his stories.

The rest of my trip was mostly shopping and eating wonderful food. I found London to be a city I would not really want to visit, but more of a city I would love to live in.

I am sorry this post is not interesting, I mostly just want to get my Europe posts done. Hopefully my future ones will be more interesting.