Walking the streets at night

We put in an offer/initial deposit on Saturday for a place across from the school... and we have our fingers crossed that everything will work out.

To celebrate on Saturday night we decided to treat ourselves to Indian food at a restaurant on Devonshire that was always full when we walked by. And for good reason too. We got the Spinach and Lamb (I will learn the names eventually) and Mixed Vegetable Curry with some rice and naan and it was scrumptious.

Afterwards we went to FINALLY go watch Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Prince. We went to Odeon Tottanham Ct Rd cinemas, which we were under the impression is equivalent to our AMCs back hom. If this is movie watching in London I will wait until I get back to the states to watch my movies. First of all, it's £10.70 or roughly $17 per person. Second it's assigned seating. Third the theater is tiny! The screen is not that big (it's like being in someone's private home entertainment room), definitely wasn't feeling the surround sound, and their stadium seating still enables your view to be blocked if there's a person sitting in front of you. While I enjoyed the movie (which took some liberties or I have a poor memory of the book) I wasn't impressed with the movie watching experience.

On our walk back home at 11:30PM... which we didn't think was that late, we realized everything shuts down a bit earlier out here. The streets were pretty empty, except for the main roads, and most of the shops, restaurants and pubs were already closed. With Eugene's comments about Jack the Ripper and my natural sense of paranoia ... I kept one hand on the mace in my pocket in ready position.

One fun tidbit that made us feel like locals is someone asked us directions to a tube station, which we only happen to know because we had just walked past it a block ago.