When viewed from low Earth orbit, Southwestern Ontario looks very much like an elephant burrowing into the continental USA and about to pluck Detroit from the coast of Michigan. In this picture, London Ontario would be a bump on the shoulder of the elephant. There are worse pieces of the elephant a place could be; just ask Owen Sound¹.

London is known throughout the area as The City that Thinks It's a Town. It is not known whether the fact that London resides along side the River Thames is a coincidental duplication of another London or part of a trend established by settlers that graces the region with such placenames as Paris, Washington, and Stratford along the lovely Avon River, home of the Stratford Shakesperean Festival. This will give visitors some idea of the imagination that runs rampant in this area.

Things to Do in London

There is lots to see and do in London, especially in the summer. Visit the fairy tale kiddie park called Storybook Gardens, enjoy the music, crafts, and food at the Home County Folk Festival which is not named after any county called Home, or visit the amazing water fountain which is soon to be built in the middle of the Thames River².

How to blend in with the locals

Native Londoners spend much of their time discussing their resentment of nearby Toronto and their love of coffee shops and strip malls, of which they boast the highest per-capita concentration in this sector of the galaxy.

When not talking about Toronto or coffee, Londoners like to talk about their town... umm... city and its downtown core.