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I spent the majority of my day walking about London and the most amazing thing (you probably won’t agree, but I thought it was interesting) happened.  On my way to Gloucester Road on the Bakerloo line, I sat across from a suavish looking guy in a black trench.  He was presumably of Brazilian descent and had a very sweet smile.  We made eye contact a couple of times by chance and then went our separate ways in the Picadilly Underground station.  I surfaced at Gloucester Road and walked around London according to my brilliant time-killing, exercising encouraging method of navigation featuring glancing at the tube map and using the stations as sign posts for where you are as opposed to properly mapping out walking routes.  I’ve found that this method allows me to do what I do best (reads: find neat things by pure chance and be pleasantly surprised and ultimately excited at the sight of said destinations) and is a wonderful way to spend a Sunday in London.  I wanted to get to St. Paul’s Cathedral, and I knew that it was a bit of a walk and that I had never actually been there on purpose before, so it would be a great venture to take on.  I walked from Gloucester Road up along Picadilly, up to Tottenham Court Road, over to Holborn, across to Russell Square, up to King’s Cross, down to St. Paul’s Cathedral, across the River Thames, along the northern edge of southern London over to Westminster, and finally to Victoria Station where I caught a tube home.  As I was walking around in Westminster, though, I came across the beautiful suavish stranger crossing a random street.  I immediately recognized his cute grin and Burberry scarf and thought to myself that it was all marvelously serendipitous.  Honestly, what are the odds?  Sweet coincidence is such a lovely thing.  

Okay.  Lame story.  I thought it was neat.

I’ve supplied a tube map if you’d like to applaud my city hike or plan your own for when you come to visit.  :)