What happens to a few Loud Americans Abroad?

It has been two weeks since I settled in London and things have gotten easier, just as my faithful friends who had gone abroad promised me so. I have done some sightseeing but not enough to write a guidebook or advise someone on how to get around London. I have so far visited some of the most popular sights in London: Westminster Abbey, St. James Park, House of Parliament, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, and Tower Bridge. I have a long list of favorite places in London and I have no doubt that in the foreseeable future, this list will continue to grow to be as long as a traditional Chinese scroll. For the starter, I recommend Westminster Abbey and the British Library. Nothing can be more exciting than standing on top of Charles Dickens' relics and breathing a few inches away from an original copy of a Shakespearean play or Jane Austen's journal or the Gutenberg Bible.

While much of these sightseeing enriches my understanding of the British history and intrigues me to learn more, I also long for some cultural familiarity. Before long, a few new friends and I embarked on a trip to satisfy both our stomach and cultural immersion. On one of those few sunny Friday afternoons there are in London, a few loud American students went to Leicester Square where the London Chinatown is located in for some yummy dim dum. Eating out with friends is a very pleasurable thing to do, if the food is delicious and the conversation is interesting. However, such enjoyment can end up very unforgettable where trying to figure out our individual bills can take as long as the meal itself. Needless to say, none of us are mathematicians and at the end, the waiter had to come after us for more money. Hopefully, we have not climb up to the top of that restaurant's banned customer list. Maybe, we will just have to disguise ourselves next time and keep it really low key to avoid any attention.