London Is Cold and Gray

That's my first impression of it. I'm freezing. I'm also starving because the food is not great, and there isn't enough of it.

I'm living outside of the downtown, but in what's known as Inner London, in the Borough of Hackney, with two lovely friends of my parents, who I will refer to as my godparents quite often. I've actually got a really nice setup here, in their beautiful and newly renovated house...

...but I still feel like a fish out of water, so far. And it's still cold and gray.