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Oohhh I'm tired. So let's be quick. Or not.
Walked out, looked for breakfast, decided on hummus after I'd passed one place, figured I'd see another. I can't take the supposed Eurabiazing of Britain seriously if I can't find hummus easily. Lots of fried chicken and burgers. I ended up in a cafe, and went for roast lamb and roast potatoes, with peas, carrots, and broccoli. Sound appetizing? I thought so.
More like, "cafe" is short for "cafeteria", rather than having anything to do with coffee. All those stereotypes about English food? Yeah (photo). Gray meat in dark brown gravy, overboiled vegetables -- the other two were edible, but the broccoli was a disintegrating loss. The roast potatoes were okay, something about the skin retained interest.
Public transit is dense and comprehensive and has nice maps, though not one superimposing tube stations over a map of London. Street signs are largely AWOL. Small streets are more likely to be labeled than, say, Whitechapel. It was easier to navigate Tokyo, *in English*.
Long-distance train station was impressive but had a total absence of trash cans. Also not much trash. The first is related to bomb scares I think, or maybe actual IRA bombs.
Later I decided to see what the English made of hamburgers, and realized a bit after that I'd found an "American style" diner, with 1950s-sounding songs and such. 3000 miles and...
Found the British Library, which seems more like what I thought the British Museum was. Found the British Museum in a brochure and on the map, and it sounds more like a normal museum. I'm confused but will check it out tomorrow if I don't sleep to noon again.
The only free wi-fi I've found was in the train station and it sucked. One more advantage of a phone: checking for wi-fi without having to haul a computer out of a bag and wake it up.
Rained a lot today.
Photos:
a bus stop map. I like the circles of walking distance radii
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880155687/
some British Library statue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880765336/
money, with and without flash. One pound on the left, then 50 20 10 5 2. Yes, 2 is the widest. Remember the dime before you laugh. Pound is the heaviest and thickets. If there's a penny I haven't seen it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880766058/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880766464/
Walked out, looked for breakfast, decided on hummus after I'd passed one place, figured I'd see another. I can't take the supposed Eurabiazing of Britain seriously if I can't find hummus easily. Lots of fried chicken and burgers. I ended up in a cafe, and went for roast lamb and roast potatoes, with peas, carrots, and broccoli. Sound appetizing? I thought so.
More like, "cafe" is short for "cafeteria", rather than having anything to do with coffee. All those stereotypes about English food? Yeah (photo). Gray meat in dark brown gravy, overboiled vegetables -- the other two were edible, but the broccoli was a disintegrating loss. The roast potatoes were okay, something about the skin retained interest.
Public transit is dense and comprehensive and has nice maps, though not one superimposing tube stations over a map of London. Street signs are largely AWOL. Small streets are more likely to be labeled than, say, Whitechapel. It was easier to navigate Tokyo, *in English*.
Long-distance train station was impressive but had a total absence of trash cans. Also not much trash. The first is related to bomb scares I think, or maybe actual IRA bombs.
Later I decided to see what the English made of hamburgers, and realized a bit after that I'd found an "American style" diner, with 1950s-sounding songs and such. 3000 miles and...
Found the British Library, which seems more like what I thought the British Museum was. Found the British Museum in a brochure and on the map, and it sounds more like a normal museum. I'm confused but will check it out tomorrow if I don't sleep to noon again.
The only free wi-fi I've found was in the train station and it sucked. One more advantage of a phone: checking for wi-fi without having to haul a computer out of a bag and wake it up.
Rained a lot today.
Photos:
a bus stop map. I like the circles of walking distance radii
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880155687/
some British Library statue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880765336/
money, with and without flash. One pound on the left, then 50 20 10 5 2. Yes, 2 is the widest. Remember the dime before you laugh. Pound is the heaviest and thickets. If there's a penny I haven't seen it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880766058/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/4880766464/
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Date: 2010-08-11 02:59 (UTC)From: