Sights, sounds, smells, and exhaustion

I've been in London now for just over seven hours. It's amazing, a mixture of old and new, with flashes of things that I think I recognize from this city or that, but then I realize that no, it's all completely different. The air smells different, the traffic makes a different sound (as well as moving frighteningly fast in a different direction), and everything is brick- or seems to be. I love brick buildings, but even their modern designs look beautiful to me, far more than most modern architecture back home.

How much of this adoration is coming from the fact that I haven't slept in twenty-four hours and not much even the night before. Still, the slight headache allows me to wander around in an aimless and content way, getting thoroughly lost in the process. However, I did find this internet cafe, even if I now have an overriding urge to go wash my hands.