Tired and happy.
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green_dreamsNotes from March 14, 10:05 local:
Got out at Leicester Square at 8:10, walked for an hour and a half--Trafalger Square, Piccadilly, Chinatown, Soho (I turned around at that point). Sort of a very circular walk, but it felt good. Didn't take pictures, though.
Just took one. {Right now Photobucket is being a pain and I cannot upload.}
Stopped for dinner at a nice-but-otherwise-unremarkable steakhouse. Initially planned to see a movie, but couldn't find the cinema in time, hence all the walking. 'Cause, you know, downtown (?) anyway.
Impressions--*tons* of theatres & places selling tickets. Lots of gambling joints--not quite one every block, but they were pretty thick for a while. Cinemas noticeably smaller than what I'm used to. London kitsch souvenir shops.
London is *so* not laid out on a grid system that it's not funny. Had relatively little to no idea where I was most of the time. Didn't worry; figured that if I became horribly lost I would find a Tube station.
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My food came at this point, so I put away the notebook. Other impressions: currency exchange places, tons of high heels. Generally more expensive than Camden? (What a surprise.) Very much like a slice of the Market and the NAC, more crowds, better clothing.
Took pictures on the way home until my camera battery threatened to die, thought about taking pictures in Mornington Crescent anyway and didn't, made it home and bought my Apoptygma Berzerk/Soho Dolls tickets for tomorrow. Yay.
Got out at Leicester Square at 8:10, walked for an hour and a half--Trafalger Square, Piccadilly, Chinatown, Soho (I turned around at that point). Sort of a very circular walk, but it felt good. Didn't take pictures, though.
Just took one. {Right now Photobucket is being a pain and I cannot upload.}
Stopped for dinner at a nice-but-otherwise-unremarkable steakhouse. Initially planned to see a movie, but couldn't find the cinema in time, hence all the walking. 'Cause, you know, downtown (?) anyway.
Impressions--*tons* of theatres & places selling tickets. Lots of gambling joints--not quite one every block, but they were pretty thick for a while. Cinemas noticeably smaller than what I'm used to. London kitsch souvenir shops.
London is *so* not laid out on a grid system that it's not funny. Had relatively little to no idea where I was most of the time. Didn't worry; figured that if I became horribly lost I would find a Tube station.
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My food came at this point, so I put away the notebook. Other impressions: currency exchange places, tons of high heels. Generally more expensive than Camden? (What a surprise.) Very much like a slice of the Market and the NAC, more crowds, better clothing.
Took pictures on the way home until my camera battery threatened to die, thought about taking pictures in Mornington Crescent anyway and didn't, made it home and bought my Apoptygma Berzerk/Soho Dolls tickets for tomorrow. Yay.
