The end is in sight

[hils]

I had a very pleasant evening last night. I watched Top Ground Gear Force when I got back to my hotel room. It was possibly a little too silly but I did LOL at the fate of poor James's shed. Hehe!

Then I did some writing, or I attempted to at least. Sadly I think my muses are sulking after all the time I've spent focussing on Iron Man. I got a couple of paragraphs of my Apocalypse snippet done and then I couldn't figure out where to take it next, which is frustrating because I've got the rest of it planned out already.

I decided to go for a walk, which often helps, but sadly I am still stuck. However, on my travels I discovered that my hotel is literally 5 minutes away from The Globe Theatre, The Tate Modern Art Gallery and St Paul's Cathedral (where Nelson is buried). So, my muses are still floundering but I did take some nice photos. LOL!

For the most part I don't like London. I think it's dirty, and it bugs me how everyone is always in a rush to get everywhere and I hate getting pushed and shoved but it does have some cool stuff too.

I could never live here though. I am a Northerner through and through

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[flickums.livejournal.com]

The problem I'd have with London is, I think, the same reason why I'd struggle to live in York. While it has a lot of cool stuff, it's veh veh touristy and so there's going to be loads of crowds and lots of tourists. There's something just a bit fake about all that.

Hence why I like Sheffield. We're not famous enough for the big crowds and the tourists ^^ And if we are, they mostly all go to Meadowhell.

Though The Full Monty was filmed here. I guess that's about it though. And Beanie.

[hils.livejournal.com]

To be honest I don't really notice the tourists in York. Mostly because they tend to stick to the tourist attractions which I steer clear of.

London's main problem appears to be yuppies, which are much worse than tourists ;)

[flickums.livejournal.com]

I thought yuppies ceased to exsist once Friends got cancelled....

[hils.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise they were linked. I thought yuppies were too busy talking about money to watch Friends

[spikewriter]

See, I'd love to live in London because everything is close. But then, I've spent close to thirty years in LA where you have to drive to get anywhere. (I'm a weirdo; I don't drive and I actually do a fair amount of public transit and walking.)

But then, I've discovered that the rhythm of a large city is something I love. I can be alone and in a crowd at the same time and that's something that works for me.

[hils.livejournal.com]

I have never lived anywhere where I can't get around by either walking or catching a bus.

In fact I think most cities here are like that. It's rare to live somewhere where you HAVE to own a car, unless you live in a tiny village

[spikewriter]

And that's one of the things that attracts me about cities such as London and New York -- you don't have to have a car, but you have the theatre, you have museums, you have the big libraries, plus you do have green spaces if you look for them. Here, I have to drive to the library, I have to drive to the theatre, I have to drive to the museums, I have to drive to church -- and half the time when I'm walking home from the bus stop (10 minutes good exercise in the afternoon), I have people from the office stopping and asking if I want a ride because I'm, like, walking. The first time it's nice, but I have people who can't get it through their head that I'm okay with this -- and I'm usually less than five minutes from home at that point, so why bother?

Plus, do you realize I live in an "old" house because it was built 58 years ago? Yup. Post-WWII ticky-tack development and it's considered "old." Something like the walls of York? A lot of people around here really seem to have problems conceiving of something that's still standing after five centuries or more.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Yeah, I remember telling one of my US friends that we still have parts of the city leftover from the romans and vikings. She just couldn't get her head around it. LOL!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Heee - that is why I live just outside London - it takes me 20 minutes on a fast train to get into London for all the benefits. When I'm at home I can be in the countryside after a 10 minute drive/bus ride.

Best of BOTH worlds :)

The Globe is fantastic. You must also be fairly close to the Golden Hind which is worth a look.

[hils.livejournal.com]

I've seen The Golden Hinde before. Smaller than you'd think. I also visited The Cutty Sark before it caught fire.

*loves old ships*