london

[solipsistnation]

So far:

- Hotel nice, especially for the price. Across from a Sainsbury's and Boots, so not bringing any of our own toiletries hasn't been inconvenient at all.

- We have tea and biscuits, bread for toast and marmelade. Breakfast has been quite pleasant.

- We are very close to the British Museum. We made a quick visit this morning (only an hour or two, as it got very crowded very quickly) and we'll be back later this week.

- We then visited the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, which is the most fascinating collection of stuff in jars I have ever seen. This guy spent his time collecting things and dissecting them in particular ways in order to expose various aspects of anatomy. There's everything from bugs and birds to all kinds of bits of people (including, you know, "bits") and Charles Babbage's Left Hemisphere. (In mathematicians, that would be the more interesting part, I guess.)

- Then a cup of tea and a half-hour nap, and I was quite invigorated.

- Then to Picadilly Circus for conveyor belt sushi, a Lush store, and some Turkish Delight from a confectioner along the way.

- Now back at the hotel thingy, more tea, more BBC, and crashing soon.

Man, I do like London. I don't know why, since it's not entirely like New York City, a place I intensely dislike. Maybe it's just that I'm a total Anglophile. Better tea here, anyway. (Or PG Tips, at least, which is pretty decently functional tea for swilling at leisure. It's about the best teabag tea I've found.)

Comments

[fidgetmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why, but I find PG Tips vile. It always makes me queasy.

As to why you like London over NYC: easy, NY is full of New Yorkers.
(but I think London is smelly)

[sweh.livejournal.com]

Actually, I find New York more smelly than London. It's definitely more dirty (something that shocked me when I moved to New York 8 years ago, just how _dirty_ it was).

I find it odd when people think London and New York are similar; I find them pretty different. Sure they have similarities, but no more so than any other major metropolis. London is older and quirkier; things like tripping over (literally in my case, once) a roman wall on the way to the underground station, or the way that London is lots of small towns all glommed together, causing massive differences in feel as you go from area to area...

I don't like New York; I'd readily move back to London. And with the pound so weak, I'd get a good deal on my dollars! Except the person I love is here. Ah well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

It's pretty high in tannins, which might be a problem (especially if made with teapot-size teabags in a cup).
Each to their own on the tea front, however I do prefer teas not blended to be so strong and high-tannin as PG Tips.

[fidgetmonster.livejournal.com]

That's probably it. I have to be careful what I drink on an empty stomach, and I don't tend to drink tea at mealtimes.