Many of you may be celebrating Cinco de Mayo today. To be honest, if margaritas weren't the equivalent of $15 here, I might celebrate a bit too. Instead I'm experiencing the wonder of a Bank Holiday. It appears to be the UK equivalent of Memorial Day or Labor Day, only they're held several times a year for no apparent purpose. I kind of like that. Instead of commemorative days getting corrupted by the fact that everyone only remembers them because they get work off, these are holidays specifically designed to...get work off. Nice.
There is one significant difference between these holidays and their semi-comparative days in the US: all the shops are closed. Odd. Although it did mean I could wander across streets this morning without fearing I would be run over by a crazy motorcyclist on his way to work, so that's a plus.
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There's got to be a bit of cheap tequlia somewhere in London. Not that you'd be happy about it later, but still.
Do you know anything about the history of bank holidays? Were they originally created for some real purpose (like letting bank/brokerages clear accounts maybe)? I've always wondered about that too.
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