Before I start this blog, I would like to state that living in London is great and at certain times it can be ok! I love people but in december I hate london and I dont particularly welcome people when they get in my way!
Yesterday was one of those days when I detested both !!!
Travelling outside of london to one of my companies office was interesting, before I left London there were train/tube delays due to the weather????
Are you freaking kidding me, it was only drizzling!!! Not even full blown rain- it backed up the tube for over 20 mins.
Ok lets paint the picture here- the subway system in the UK is old, yet the travel is the most expensive in the world, so imagine a train packed where you are unable to move or breathe, plus a packed platform with no air for 20 minutes, and then you have me in the mix of all that suffering from asthma!!!
Now apparently this is normal travel around London, but as I dont use the subway system daily it was frustrating for me.
On my return to london in the evening - after a more comfortable journey in first class, I had to head to the West End for my office......wrong move!
Oxford street, december, slight rain- these ingredients DO NOT mix well!
I was frustrated with people in my way, standing in the way for the sake of standing, like they have no where to go???, celebrities shopping - so making a huge publicity stunt- drawing even more crowds that look like brainless sheeps!
For christsake, do your shopping and go home, why do you need to broadcast what scent you are getting your spouse......really???
It took me 2 hours to visit one store and to top it all the same delays on the way home AGAIN!!!!
Britain- you need to hear me!! You are a country that has survived wars etc, you need to get it together with your transport system! The city stands still if it rains, sunny or snow......seriously??
I now know the reason why I am never in the UK in December or January, for years I have made a conscious decision to be on holiday around this time of the year, and that is tradition that will be back in effect next year!
There were 2 highlights on my disasterous day, one was the good samaritan lady that helped me whilst I was on the train and she discovered I was asthmatic and having trouble breathing, she created space around me on a packed train so I could get some air.......good people still exist!
The second was the lights in Oxford street......they were pretty :)
Until da next Tyme !
Missye
" The Travel Queen"
Come on London... Be GREAT again like you once were.. Mary Poppins???? Methinks you were having a laugh at London's expense.. This is your doing..!!!!!
ReplyDeletehahahah ... London has lost somne of itrs flavour :(
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