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Hot London summers7/27/2018 Coming in to London, I had this picture of what to expect of London. Grey skies and lots of rain. Safe to say I was thoroughly shocked when I didn't see rain till the end of my second month here. However, the locals were clearly more surprised by the hot weather than I was. The following months, I noticed little things here and there on how London managed to cope with the heat. Vendors marched on streets offering free samples of pop to promote their brands. Ice cream trucks popped up on every city block. People rushed to bars after work to have a nice cold beer after a long days work in an air-conditioned environment. Public parks were swarmed with people sunbathing and tanning with their bathing suits on, trying to take to full advantage of this sunny surprise. Warning signs for the heat were put up in all train and tube stations, urging commuters to always carry water with them and look out for passengers that seem dehydrated. Even the dogs of London weren't forgotten as stores set out numerous doggie bowls of water for exhausted pups that walk by. It may not have been what I was prepared for, but London had this summer heat covered.
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