Haha - I should have figured out that one. Gonna blame it on... for this week let's say it's the hotel beds.

Actually, you forgot the Engelis - a remotely forgotten tribe that habited the northern fells of what is now the Dales and after conquest by the Normans of the majority of what is now known as the UK, and was then (among the fractured kingdoms) Cenral Mercia (after much conquest by Harold of course), they refused to bow to Norman rule. Whilst the Angles provided the basis of the linguisitic form that you now read, many tribes built the actual words in use - including the Normans and the Viking settlements.
The Engelis themselves were almost erased from history due to Charles the second and his dislike for the "northern heathens" and it was, oddly, their name that was brought forth through history after the war of the roses to create the name of a new nation: England - and one that has not ever been officially recognised in any document from those times until around 100 years later, this England, its peoples and most principly the Engelis are naught but a myth.
Except for York.

We went through Liverpool Street Station... I don't think we did a station in Ireland, we had a rental car.

The Victoria Station that hes referring to is in London! ;)

I know this because at 10am every morning he wobbles from the bar to the tube andattampts a level 22 - garys msadventures routine (he should take legal action). ;)

...but yeah - its actually the London station he meant I think!

I know - my joke was based upon...

"-stan" in the Middle East means the same thing. Pakistan = "land of the pure", Afghanistan = "land of the Afghan".

And I've always found it funny that Greenland is full of ice, and that Iceland is well, more green.

Yes, the marketing and branding skills of my viking ancestors were incredible ;-)

I've had some interesting experiences with sidewalks since I moved to Austin, Texas. We have a pretty significant Asian population due to the University of Texas and, I don't know how true this is of anywhere else, but they are very determined walkers. Most Texans walk at a pretty slow pace and usually will step aside and smile or something like that (southern hospitality stereotypes are quite accurate in some cases), but these Asian students I run into on the sidewalks almost barrel me over sometimes. I'm just not used to it I guess, having grown up in a small Texan town where everyone is super friendly. Then again, I also lived in Dallas for a bit and people get pretty aggressive there...
The other thing I've noticed is how southerners love to walk in groups and take up the entire sidewalk. I can't tell you how many times I've had to step off the path to let groups by. Then again, I do it to, so I guess I'm part of the problem.

As said, in Thailand the left-sidedness seems to apply both to driving and escalators. You stand on the left and pass on the right on both cases, as far as I can tell. There seems to be some variation between countries...

However, in Finland I sometimes get a bit mixed up when pedestrians and bicyclers are on the same road. Should I walk on the left or right side?

I presume on the right, but the thing is that we've been always taught here that when you are walking beside a car road, you should walk on the left side of the road, as then you can see the incoming cars.

But if you are cycling, you should go on the right side, just like cars.

So add these two together, sometimes I see myself instinctively trying the let incoming bicycles pass me from the right side, instead of left. As if the rule that as a pedestrian you should see the incoming traffic applies also to bicycles, not only cars.

Blimey - bold tags and everything!
I thought that I was being over the top enough to clearly be just 'doing a bit' - didn't mean to cause any genuine offence, sorry about that! Hope I haven't convinced you to vote 'yes' on Scottish independence or anything!

LOL - a ' mosh pit of businessmen' is quite the mental image! Briefcases and Armani flying everywhere! Rocking out to some MoR, AoR bollocks like Huey Lewis or something (and NOW I'm thinking about that Patrick Bateman 'Hip to be Square' monolog from American Psycho!)
Last time I was at Waterloo we saw a family of Amish walking past - not sure how THAT works - our rail infrastructure is showing its age but its not quite horse and buggy level...