This morning we went on a historical bus - or coach, as they call it here in the UK - tour of London. Our original tour guide Shawn hurt his back so Liz gave us our tour. She was quite funny and gave us a great tour of London. It made me quite excited to start class and officially tour the many historical and marvelous sites here in London. One cool thing we saw today was the changing of the guards - here is a video of the guards marching up for there ceremony:
The rest of the day was spent wandering around Old Spitalfields Market where people sell all kinds of nifty handmade items. Some things were really neat but well out of our price range. Later, we went to dinner at an Indian restaurant that's a stone's throw from the FSU Study Centre. It was really good food but I've found that customer service in restaurants is very different here from in America. American waiters are so attentive to their customers but that is far less true here in the UK. A good part of that is due to the fact that American wait-staff work for tips while that is not so much the case here. Just an interesting observation.
Your observation about customer service in restaurants in London is spot on. The places that are accustomed to tourists tend to have better service because they've figured out that it translates to bigger tips!
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