Well I am back from my whirlwind adventures in the UK, and finally after 3 days, over the jetlag. It was a great 30 hours in Singapore, and further eight days in the UK (5 in Bishop Auckland and 3 in London).
A few things I learnt along the way about London;
- London is so expensive compared to northern UK
- Number of times I was asked for directions: 7
- Number of times I asked others for directions: 2
- If I thought there were lots of pubs in Bishop, there’s more in London
- Number of times I was asked if I wanted drugs in Camden over 2 hours: 4
- Longest I had to wait for Tube or Bus: 3 minutes
- Number of times I was mistaken for an American: 1
- Tube stations just in circle line: 27. I visited more than 10 of them
- Number of times I heard ‘Mind the gap’ on the Tube: at least 50
- Favourite attraction: Tate Modern Gallery
- Least favourite attraction: Buckingham Palace
- Number of times I was stopped by police for taking photographs: 1
- Number of bins I saw: only about 4 (they have a serious lack of them)
- Number of times I heard ‘Do not leave your baggage unattended’ on tube: at least 50
- Number of Australians I met (besides Meg, who I was staying with): 2
- Number of photographs I took in London: 423
- Number of pubs I saw named with mention to Lion: 4 – White Lion, Red Lion, Silver Lion and Lions Head
If I thought 5 days wasn’t long to explore the UK’s north east, then 3 days was nowhere near long enough to explore London. Mind you, I went to at least 15 attractions in 2 days, and caught at least 30 tube and bus rides.
Photo: The famous Prime Meridian line (0 degrees longitude) Greenwich.
Entrepreneur, 
1 June 2006 at 12:22 pm
So a brief summise of British life would be that they don’t know where they’re going, but need to get there quickly, and wherever they end up, they’re likely to be either drunk or stoned ? 🙂
10 June 2006 at 5:06 pm
The attention you got in Camden had nothing to do with you wearing this T-shirt?