The morning after

...and most things seem back to normal. Bus service re-started yesterday evening, and the tube is running in several places.

Not like I'm planning on taking public transport right now, though.

It seems like I heard an above-average number of ambulance sirens this morning, from my hotel. Though, I'm fairly close to St. Mary's Hostpital, which is where most of yesterday's casualties were taken.

I've also heard helicopters flying over Paddington several times so far today. The Paddington tube stop is only one stop from Edgware, where one of the bombs went off.

It looks like most everyone is going about their business as normal, and I intend to do the same. Which means buying a couple dvds for a friend, and a suitcase for all the things I've bought and stored at my friend's flat.

As a side note, I will admit to being more than a little bit nervous about flying to NY on Monday. Though, I try to reassure myself that:

1. Now is the safest time to be flying from London, what with the massive extra security everywhere now;
2. British Airways has an impeccable flight record;
3. Once I'm on the plane, there's very little I can do. If fate steps in, then fate steps in.

So. Am off now, and will write something more later, after I've been out in the city.

These shoes were made for walking, and they're going to walk London again.