London is immense.
1572 km2 of imperial buildings and victorian maisonettes, forests, parks, rivers, ponds, channels, theatres, banks, schools, universities, shops, landmarks.... endless list of everything.
Many things in London are "best", "largest", "leading", "biggest".
It is a center of banking, arts, education, transport hub and many many more.
London is overwhelming, flooding you with impressions, ranging from the unbearable traffic, air pollution and infuriating rush hours to breathtaking views and heart melting beauty of city gardens.
London is a constant mix of absolutely contrasting things, like harsh sound of speeding bike in the night and deafening chorus of early morning birds, like busy square in front of Buckingham Palace and quiet greenery of Green Park nearby.
London is diverse with Hampstead in West London being nothing like Canning Town in the East and not even like Greenwich in the South East,
with City of London and Canary Wharf with its torrents of business women and men in suits and office dresses being very much different from Covent Garden and Kings Cross, being so much not-office-style and nevertheless a home to many corporations.
London is intense with outrageously famous places, never ageing, with no expiration date and never making you bored.
Just when you thought you've seen it all and cannot be surprised any more, you see something and your eyes go wide in amazement and fascination and you stand there with your mouth open or eyes watering with tears of awe or delight at the scale, intensity or quality.
World famous museums and galleries are still filled with neverending crowds of tourists and locals, theaters full and tickets sold out for everlasting shows. Even those who never liked theatre become addicted, blown away with the quality of the plays.
Magnet for best performers, largest corporations, newest technologies, edge cutting science research bordering with magic, London and surroundings are boiling with endless resources, both money, working hands and outstanding brains, amazing ideas and great inspirations.
Home to more than 8 million people of all nationalities and origins, London is extremely diverse.
Whatever or whoever you can think of, you have it here. There is an abundance of everything and yet a shortage of many things.
London teaches you plan weeks and months ahead and be ready to change your plans at the very last moment. London teaches you to cope with often unbearable speed of things happening and time flowing, and yet, be ready to wait... wait in queues and in traffic, for late trains and buses, tables in restaurants and tickets availability.
With so many people, so many happening and time flowing so fast you'd expect lots of aggression or rudeness on the streets. And yet, "sorry" and "thank you" are amazingly still the most often heard words, even with almost 40% of London population being foreigners, and thus, not having the inborn world-famous British politeness.
This people diversity keeps bringing in most interesting, funny and original ideas manifestations. London is full of hidden beautiful and surprising places, which are made such by people having created them.
1572 km2 of imperial buildings and victorian maisonettes, forests, parks, rivers, ponds, channels, theatres, banks, schools, universities, shops, landmarks.... endless list of everything.
Many things in London are "best", "largest", "leading", "biggest".
It is a center of banking, arts, education, transport hub and many many more.
London is overwhelming, flooding you with impressions, ranging from the unbearable traffic, air pollution and infuriating rush hours to breathtaking views and heart melting beauty of city gardens.
London is diverse with Hampstead in West London being nothing like Canning Town in the East and not even like Greenwich in the South East,
with City of London and Canary Wharf with its torrents of business women and men in suits and office dresses being very much different from Covent Garden and Kings Cross, being so much not-office-style and nevertheless a home to many corporations.
London is intense with outrageously famous places, never ageing, with no expiration date and never making you bored.
Just when you thought you've seen it all and cannot be surprised any more, you see something and your eyes go wide in amazement and fascination and you stand there with your mouth open or eyes watering with tears of awe or delight at the scale, intensity or quality.
World famous museums and galleries are still filled with neverending crowds of tourists and locals, theaters full and tickets sold out for everlasting shows. Even those who never liked theatre become addicted, blown away with the quality of the plays.
Magnet for best performers, largest corporations, newest technologies, edge cutting science research bordering with magic, London and surroundings are boiling with endless resources, both money, working hands and outstanding brains, amazing ideas and great inspirations.
Home to more than 8 million people of all nationalities and origins, London is extremely diverse.
Whatever or whoever you can think of, you have it here. There is an abundance of everything and yet a shortage of many things.
London teaches you plan weeks and months ahead and be ready to change your plans at the very last moment. London teaches you to cope with often unbearable speed of things happening and time flowing, and yet, be ready to wait... wait in queues and in traffic, for late trains and buses, tables in restaurants and tickets availability.
With so many people, so many happening and time flowing so fast you'd expect lots of aggression or rudeness on the streets. And yet, "sorry" and "thank you" are amazingly still the most often heard words, even with almost 40% of London population being foreigners, and thus, not having the inborn world-famous British politeness.
This people diversity keeps bringing in most interesting, funny and original ideas manifestations. London is full of hidden beautiful and surprising places, which are made such by people having created them.
You can hate it, be tired of it, admire it, overwhelmed with it, in love with it, adore it, long for it, intimidated by it, but never bored.
You cannot be indifferent to London.
On 5th of July it will be 2 years since I moved here.
It still feels foreign and unexplored. It still feels like a whole unknown world to me.
