When traveling to a new country, it is important to keep an open mind, and not just go off of the stereotypes that you may have heard about a place. I've always been fascinated by London, and I heard a lot about it before I actually came here. I formed this idea that London was this grand place where everyone dressed up, had tea parties in the middle of the day, and everyone spoke in British accents.
Upon arriving, I found it to be a little different. People do dress up a little bit more than where I live in the U.S., but they also wear casual clothes a lot as well. Also, there are places that you can go to have afternoon tea, but it's not like everything shuts down in the middle of the day so everyone can go to tea, as I thought. London is also a very big city with a very diverse population, so I don't always hear British accents. Walking down the street, I will pass people from many different demographic backgrounds and cultures including India, Pakistan, China, Australia, the Middle East and the United States. It has actually been really great to experience this. It is cool to see so many people from different backgrounds, religions and traditions living and working together in the same city.
So, even though London wasn't completely like what I heard and imagined, I have found it to be amazing.
