Saturday, March 22, 2008

More London

I just got a text from Angus: "Lufthansa is the worst airline ever, although BA not much better. Now landing at 915 so see you about 10." Shitty.
I spent today wandering around, mostly in the vicinity of Tottenham Court Road. My 3 quid tourist guide map thingy says that the British Museum is on Tottenham Court Rd, but the interweb tells me it is in fact on Great Russell St - bastards. Anyway, I had a pretty good time, and there was sun and stuff, so it wasn't nearly as bleak as yesterday. I made the mistake of going into a record store, and walked out with Benga's Diary of an Afro Warrior, Maurizio's M-Series and Mark B and Blade's The Unknown. Some brand spanking new dubstep, some seminal minimal techno/digidub and some UK hiphop. When I asked to have a listen before I bought, the guy in the shop said that they didn't do that, but that I could return them if I didn't like them, and suggested that I listen to them in "the comfort of my own home, maybe with a cup of tea", so that's what I'm doing.
Having now experienced the London Underground, I can say that it is less inefficient than it's Hong Kong counterpart in the same way that a Wright brothers plane is less efficient than an Airbus A330. Although the Wright brothers plane may have some kind of retro charm, and charm is the last word you would use to describe the London Underground.

Tomorrow I depart for Font - did I say I was excited about that? I am excited about going to Font, it will be rad. The weather is not looking too flash, but I am optimistic.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

lufthansa is shit. ba and qantas are shit. no-one ever flies the national carriers because they are uncompetitive unfriendly red bastards with old battleaxes as stewardesses.

i said as much to a lufthansa hostess here in berlin...she got all huffy then spent the next 10 minutes complaining about how her company was run on seniority not on performance - mutherfucking exactly.

then we drank heaps and she tried to bone a gay audi salesman.

i rest my mutherfucking case.

...cato