On America

When I grew up in Britain, America seemed like an impossibly magical far-away place that you could only see on TV.

I suppose kids nowadays with cheap holidays in Florida don't feel the same, but to me, something as simple as a Dairy Queen is exotic and fascinating.

(While I'm sure that a British McDonalds Creme Egg McFlurry could - just! - hold it's own against an American Dairy Queen Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard, there's a glamour there still.

On my last trip to the US, my American colleagues were astounded at my reaction to a normal American School Bus.

My trip to London (see point 9 for why it looks wierd)

• http://twitpic.com/1rs68 - I'm forever passing Slough railway statio, but have never gotten off the train here.10:49 AM Mar 1st from TwitPic
• Eurostar sheds look like giant greyhound traps. Wonder why they need so many? I count at least 21,and you'd expect both ends to be the same.11:18 AM Mar 1st from TwitterBerry
• @sniffyjenkins I have beat your friend who reads a book while walking - a guy walking in front of me is watching a DVD on a portable player!11:25 AM Mar 1st from TwitterBerry
• http://twitpic.com/1rsoo - I always take the bus in London, not the tube; the view is better. On a Sunday sometimes you get a bus to you ...11:38 AM Mar 1st from TwitPic
• & more questions. Why the queue outside the Applestore? How can phone shops in Oxford Circus survive? Why is only 1 of those 6 girls a goth?about 24 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• Everytime @zoecello posts a tweet, I happen to be listening to her music. Sweeping my iPod for sophistcated Soviet listening devices.about 24 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• In the offices at the back of the Adelphi, everyone has a little cardboard sign on their PC monitor with their name. Baffling.about 24 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• http://twitpic.com/1rtp6 - When I win the lottery, I have the flat I'll buy picked out, and the Stamford Arms will then be my local.about 23 hours ago from TwitPic
• Apologies to any followers alarmed by my sudden locquacity. I'm using Twitter to write a blog post about my day, 140 characters at a time.about 23 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• Sitting under the stairs in the Stamford Arms (a favorite spot) wishing the sausages the bloke next to me is eating didn't smell that good.about 23 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• Just had a startling idea about self portraiture, a way to use a mirror without having the camera in the photo. Testing in the pub loo, erk.about 23 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• http://twitpic.com/1ruix - Since I saw that documentary about how illegal hotdog vendors pee in an old oil bottle, it's not the same.about 22 hours ago from TwitPic
• Two men just walked past, each carrying an exactly to scale Morph. Nothing but questions and mysteries today. Next up: where to (for lunch)?about 22 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• More questions: a helicopter flys past, towing a giant advertising kite. How is that a) legal and b) not fatal? Would twitpic but it'd suck.about 22 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• @knellr (Who had just tweeted me that the Morphs were for a Tony Hart Memorial Flash Mob at the Tate modern) How glorious! The culture secretary could easily make up for recent faux pas by ordering a "Tony Hart Room" at the National Gallery.about 21 hours ago from TwitterBerry
• Tired, so heading home in time to miss dinner. One last question occurs: why doesn't Paddington Station have more chairs?about 19 hours ago from TwitterBerry