First of all, it's fundamental looking at your RIGHT side before crossing the road or, at least, read carefully the instructions written on the road surface: "Look right" or "Look left", as it needs (if you return late a book to the library, you have to pay...).
Always remember that British people are PRECISE: they know the rules, they respect them, they expect you do the same. If not, of course, you can discover there is a fine for everything wrong you do.
If you think British people are strict, arrogant and snob, in a few days they can show you are wrong. For instance, they have their sacred rules, but sometimes (and mainly if you are NEW) they can make an exception (it's true, it happened to me once I didn't touch out the Oyster card because tube station gates were opened). Many times they smile to you only why you give them your shopping trolley leaving the supermarket. Actually they are less gloomy you could imagine before coming here.
By the way, the OYSTER CARD is quite important to get about public transport: using it you can save some money (actually, till now I haven't discovered if it is more convenient buy a pass or pay as you go, but don't worry... that's matter for sparing people who try to live here avoiding to be in the red!).
About MONEY... London is quite expensive, but a bit less than I thought. Anyway you can console yourself thinking it is worth!
Inside a SUPERMARKET you can find everything you need (this is for Italian people who need pasta, tomato sauce and Italian coffee everywhere): don't worry! Leave at home your kilos of spaghetti, but it's better to take a good jacket and an umbrella. (Here it isn't Milan and there is no fog, but a lot of rain, of course, there is!).
ITALIANS OF LONDON: there are a lot, you can't feel alone (there is even an association with this name). But if you like you can enjoy the company of people from everywhere...
The WHEATER: well, nobody is perfect.
To be continued...
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