Museum day 2, prelude

[mindstalk]

To get up early I need to get to bed early, and with a bohemian roommate and last night's struggle with the washer that isn't happening. So what to do at 1:30? Go back to the free, already located, and half-explored Museum, of course! But first, notes.

Lots of sexy leggings on the ladies. Wonder if it's the climate. Plus all the business workers, of course.

I have yet to notice any homeless people.

Trains are hot. You're officially encouraged to open the window on the inter-car doors for ventilation. I've taken to standing by that door as I board.

"Mind the Gap". Neverwhere fans, were you ever clearon what the Gap was? I wasn't, and here at first I thought it was the height difference between step and platform. Today I see no, it's a horizontal gap big enough to lose your leg into. I was getting acrophobia from looking into it.

Advisor apparently prefers to avoid speaking English while he's in Paris, so no great rush to move on there. Plans vague, though I threw a line about another (cheaper) week in London. Might meet an rpg.netter for a pub drink tonight.

Comments

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the introduction, I was wondering. :)

I'd actually been wondering about the homeless. I've been downtown and am staying in a ratty-looking neighborhood, but all the piles of garbage bags seem to be actual garbage, not someone's worldly possessions. Was wondering if they were hiding somewhere or if there's no actual homeless people. A shocking lack compared to the post-Reagan USA. And Montreal? Sad to hear.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Having slept on it I've realised that in fact I have seen quite a few homeless people in London. You usually see them walking past you when you're at a pub and they ask for change and I've seen people sleeping the streets even in the height of winter. They're quite dispersed so unlike some North American cities, they're not concentrated in the poorest part of the downtown area. But they're definitely there.