Adjusting to the eight-hour time difference between Japan and the United Kingdom and watching double-decker buses pass by on Holloway Road in Islington . . .
It's time for my first real English breakfast. Which brought me to the Coffee Room Bistro (361 Holloway Rd.), which proclaims on its menu, "We're noisy about food. We taste it, try it, argue about it, until it's right."
So I ordered the ￡5.50 set, which included coffee, and eggs, bacon, sausage, grilled tomatoes, baked beans, chips (French fries) and toast, and leisurely perused Wednesday's Guardian sports pages. The primary subject matter — no surprise — was Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter extraordinaire.