CHEERS from London England

Believe it or Not I'm in London England, the place of bad teeth, poor food, and a whole lotta room to walk around. Last semester I decided, "eh, why not study in London for 5 months" So here I am.

I'm poor, oh so poor
I walked into a bank the week before I left, handed over $180 and was handed 90 pounds.....someone once told me America was the richest country in the world....I don't think so, I think Britain has us beat. After buying a 21 pound (not weight, money smart asses) alarm clock (convert that to $42 bucks) I realized I'm poor and I need to start a "help Lemiwinks make it in London and Europe for 5 months"
Please send all your hard earned cash and blank checks to:

Ben Handelman
Westburn Place House 5
2b Kilburn Park Road
London, England NW6 5UY

And if you're broke like me maybe you can afford the like 40 cents for a stamp and send me a letter, that works too

Living in London the Lemiwinks way
So while living in London is expensive, it doesn't have to be. Take for example this past Sunday, the day worship for millions of Chistians around the world.
Price for a tour Monday-Saturday of Westminster Abbey, where most royalty was crowned and the bodies of Queen Elizabeth, Charles Darwin, everyone else famous in the world lay...6 pounds ($12)
Lemiwinks way of seeing the Abbey.....pretend your christian and attend Sunday services, see a Organ concert while you're at it and WALA! Lemiwinks price....0 pounds. There is nothing quite like a Jew going to THE church of England and sitting through some Jesus this Jesus that just to save a few bucks. (As my friend Matt Cordeau would say "that is very jewish of you")

Excuse me sir, you're freaking me out
Westminster Abbey is one of the most spectacular buildings in the world, yet with all those dead bodies just sitting there (something like 3,300).....kinda creepy. It's an odd feeling to be walking around, stop and go "ooops, sorry Mr. Darwin for rubbing my feet all over your grave! I apologize Sir Isaac Newton for walking on your head, or feet, or...uh....how bout just sorry". The creepy factor reached its climax when prolly the scariest priest you will ever see walks out, with the crowd in total silence mumbles "The service will be held in the North side of the church" and then slouches away. Makes for a mystical scary environment.

Travel in London worthy of note
I have the pleasure of paying a rediculous amount for public transportation...but today, today it was worth the moolah. The tube caught fire or something so I was forced to take a double decker from my love shack (apartment) to the center of town. I wasn't really sure what buses to take, or where to get off....so I decided to pick a random bus that seemed to be going in the right direction
The bus pulled up.....
The doors opened......
And SHABAM, as soon as I laid my eyes on the driver the smile on my mouth opened wide.
A Jamaican lady looked at me and below her beautiful brown eyes was a FULL BEARD!!!!
I think it was a good luck charm...It immediatly put me in a great mood, the bus took me to the right spot, I succesfully changed my class schedule, and I booked a flight to Cork Ireland for dirt cheap. Those scraggly ragidy hairs growing out of her female chin provided me a little charm. I think I'm gonna wait everyday now for the right #6 bus for that beautiful black beard to arrive! I hope everyone in the states is doing well. I stayed up very late this week to watch a little bit of home in the Superbowl and the State of the union, and now that those are over...F#@$$ the USA, I'm gonna forget about it for a few months...while I eat my mcdonalds and shop at the GAP.

-Lemiwinks