England #4 - An Interview with Nick the World Traveller

Janice:

So, how's your trip so far?

Nick:

It's fun and interesting. It's very cool. I like the castles and the bridges. Very neat.

Janice:

We've seen a lot of different sights so far. Which was your favourite?

Nick:

That's pretty easy, actually. My favourite would be the Tower of London.

Janice:

Why?

Nick:

I like it because of all the interesting stuff that's gone on through the years there ... all the things that have been kept there like jewels and stuff like that ... all the people who have lived there like kings and queens ... all the people who have died there and, mostly all the cool stories and ramblings our guide said. Plus curses -- like the raven curse.

Janice:

What have you enjoyed the least?

Nick:

To me, I would say the thing I disliked the most was the National Portrait Gallery. That was hard. All it had was stupid pictures. It was boring. Nothing to do but walk around. Boring!

Janice:

So what do you find different about London.

Nick:

Everyone is really nice. There are a lot more sights. There are two levels to buses. Everywhere we go there seems to be a lot of stairs ... they seem to like things high. And everything seems to be red. And there are a lot of policemen and guards.

Janice:

Today we visited the British Library, the National Portrait Gallery and saw the Changing of the Guard. Did you enjoy any of these?

Nick:

One. The Changing of the Guard. The other two were special in an unspecial way, if you know what I mean. At the Changing of the Guard there were a whole lot of guys walking back and forth and riding horses back from Buckingham Palace to some other place and making a lot of noise. It was great for tourism though. The British Library and the National Portrait Gallery can be explained in one simple word ... BORING!

Janice:

Ha! I enjoyed them both immensely! Tomorrow we're going to visit some more museums and ride the London Eye Ferris Wheel.

Nick:

My turn to ask questions. What do you like the most about the city?

Janice:

I think I enjoy two things the most: the friendly people and the huge sense of history that everyone lives with here.

Nick:

What do you like the least?

Janice:

There is a lot of traffic and Nicholas is sometimes very annoying. (Ha! Ha!) But other times -- most of the time -- he's huge fun to be with!

Well, we'd better go for now ... One more day of London sightseeing and then we head for the countryside.