Saturday

 Saturday was a busy day for Lauren and myself.

Lauren had a doctor's appointment at 10 am, so we woke up bright and early at 9.

Hurry up Lauren, we'll be late! 

A 15 minute walk later we found ourselves inside Heritage Medical practice, our local doctors office. Situated inside in an house on Northcote Rd, Wandsworth's busy commercial street, my visit to this office would be my first exposure to universal healthcare - a foreign concept to an American like me. Lauren recently registered with this doctor and was able to land an appointment only a week or so later. Considering it was a Saturday, the office was relatively empty. The wait wasn't too bad either. We were out of the office in 30 minutes. Hooray for socialism!

Next stop, Starbucks. I was surprised to find coffee on this rock was given to you in straight mugs (if you're sitting in) instead of paper cups like they do in America Land.

Here Lauren finished her portion of our letter to my friend Patrick. He is currently making his way through boot camp in Georgia.

After a quick stop at the post office to mail the letter we hopped on the overground to the center of London.  This is the abandoned power station at Battersea viewed from the train. Plans are in the works to convert the area into a bustling city within a city.

Our first destination was the Occupy London camp. Ahh we're getting close!

To be continued...