27 May 2016
London is quite familiar
The familiar shops and streets of Oxford
2 updates today.
I set off for a long walk, first of all I had to find a laundry to do my clothes washing tomorrow morning. I found one I used years ago, still there. And they still dont have a change machine.
So I had to buy a series of things for under a pound to get 4 pounds change each time, I estimate washing and drying one load of washing will cost 9 pounds! Which is $18.
The hotel laundry service would cost 50 pounds, but doesnt operate on weekends.
I noticed on my walk that I was highly familiar with everywhere I went, the cross city tunnel is still not finished, it had been started last time I was here. There were a huge amount of people out, mostly standing outside bars smoking on a Friday after work.
It is also warm, 20 degrees, and perhaps the first warm day of the season, so many people seemed to be getting drunk to celebrate.
I saw a group of idiots walking about singing a song to the tune of what is probably a football song, but they had replaced all the words with BEER!.
Every now and then someone would yell something at the crew, but every sentence would end in lads, as in LETS GO THIS WAY LADS! or CHECK OUT THE JUGS ON THAT ONE LADS!
London has not quite worked out how to make apartments.
The buses have been replaced since I was last here. There seems to be a lot more of them too.
Rubbish continues to be huge piles of bags.
I think this is new. Buildings made of lego. Quite pleased with this photo.
I found a great spot for dinner. Its take away gourmet authentic organic something Korean food. But you can also eat in store, which I did.
It was delicious. I especially like that you can select little side dishes to go with it. I got the Kim Chi and of course Gochujang. It was very delicious and quite cheap.
Harry Potter is a play now. Also the mouse trap is still playing, 64 years straight.
Chinatown hasnt really improved.
This is your average place in Chinatown, its all 10 pound buffet featuring chips. I made the right choice with the Korean.
Picadilly circus was packed out with people watching people. The English flags are for a holiday on Monday for the Queens birthday, I think? I wont be here Monday.
There were also some freaks to entertain me.
And a gypsy band distracting people whilst their children pickpocketed the tourists.
Oxford circus is also flagged up to the max. I enjoyed the food halls of the various stores where I made purchases for 1 pound or less to get washing machine change.
And then once I saw the BT tower, I knew I was near my hotel and it was time to go home.