Andrea and I made a trip to London in August while my folks stayed with Natalya. We had a fabulous time! Stayed near Soho. Did a lot of the touristy things: Westminster Abbey; The Tate Modern; Madame Tussaud's; rode the Underground all over the city; etc. One of the highlights of the trip for me was walking across Abbey Road just like the Beatles. What a rush!
The lowlight of the trip was the homophobia we experienced. We assumed that London was an accepting place. I mean, they passed the "civil partnership" law and everything -- right? We were so wrong! On three separate occasions men hassled us. For example, one night when we were riding the Tube we happened to sit down across from these two middle-aged local guys. The minute we sat down they started muttering to each other while they staring at us. I kept hearing the word "lesbian". One of the guys would not take his eyes off of me. Every time I looked up he was staring at me. What the heck were we supposed to do? If we said anything to them we'd just be adding fuel to the fire. So we ignored them...and felt grateful for living in Northern California where the episodes of homophobia we experience are very few and far between.
