tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post3459768598916268149..comments2024-01-19T00:21:36.058-05:00Comments on View from the Deadbox: Trainspotting in LondonBaca Locohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-76482512617557531092014-05-31T13:07:28.379-04:002014-05-31T13:07:28.379-04:00I think a lot of the issue with the ratings of Eur...I think a lot of the issue with the ratings of Euro hotels are the various bodies that award the stars, all have a differing agenda. I don't mind basic but I do want clean and comfortable and prefer a quiet location for a decent sleep, combating strange bed syndrome! Shame you didn't get the shot of the canal basin you were looking for, but I like the fact you invented your own game for the London Tube, we really should have warned you about rush hour. I'm sure you enjoyed the trip and got to see the things you wanted to on your down time. As for red cabbage, it's a delicacy the Brits are only just getting to the grip of really, the traditional fare of overcooked watery and tasteless veg still abounds in many establishments that really should know better. Fullborehttp://www.facebook.com/fullboreimagesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-4394370947121565182014-05-31T12:45:38.253-04:002014-05-31T12:45:38.253-04:00Peter
Excellent! Why am I not surprised? :)
Re: U....Peter<br />Excellent! Why am I not surprised? :)<br />Re: U.S. hotels. True, but as a general rule it's about location location location. Even Red Roof Inn and most Motel 6s are decent if nothing to write home about.<br />In Euroland I never stay any place that doesn't have at least 3 stars and the quality varies dramatically from the very good to barely tolerable.Baca Locohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-57982963795532525672014-05-31T07:42:16.997-04:002014-05-31T07:42:16.997-04:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) I kinda feel you'd enjoy this more than crap british pub food and antiquated ideas of hotel facilities 1/2hr free wifi in 24, wtf is that all about? Having said that, I've stayed in some pretty shabby joints in the US, like it's not a complete package without stained bed linen, carpets, cockroaches and the sheriff turns out to at least one fight in the parking lot per night! Fullborehttp://www.facebook.com/fullboreimagesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-30514779576293231292014-05-30T23:33:55.169-04:002014-05-30T23:33:55.169-04:00Anon
Hate traveling thru Toronto just because of U...Anon<br />Hate traveling thru Toronto just because of US Customs. Still do but it's faster now as the whole thing is automated. Soon they'll have a machine that gropes you and the TSA drones will be out of a job.<br /><br />Missy<br />You plainly missed the Facebook updates. :p<br />And I will be the first to admit I do not have a sophisticated palate if that requires I pretend to like tiny portions of weird crap at exorbitant prices.Baca Locohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014510414015288907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-5247477041297563502014-05-30T17:19:31.380-04:002014-05-30T17:19:31.380-04:00Nick,
If you're ever in Germany and see a line...Nick,<br />If you're ever in Germany and see a line that says 60 with a line through it, please don't take that to mean unlimited. Apparently you don't understand their signs either and live just next door.<br /><br />http://www.gettingaroundgermany.info/zeichen.shtml<br /><br />They have a sign with no numbers and a line through it which removes all speed limit and a sign with a number on it which removes that particular speed limit but the general speed limit still applies. Why they don't just post the general speed limit, no one knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-15003226722907687542014-05-30T17:13:29.359-04:002014-05-30T17:13:29.359-04:00First anon:
When there is no sign for the new spe...First anon:<br /><br />When there is no sign for the new speed limit in Germany, it's because there is no speed limit :D<br /><br />Germany has stretches of freeway without speed limit... at least they used to.<br /><br />That's when you get to do 150 Mph, if you have the car for it :P<br /><br />Germans are uptight and over regulated about a great deal of things... but NOT their cars :)Nick Brockdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058065730404049908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-18918304593019133752014-05-30T15:36:33.125-04:002014-05-30T15:36:33.125-04:00you decided it might be fun to see how many tube-s...you decided it might be fun to see how many tube-signs you could take pictures of?<br />That's the best you could come up with, in arguably the most historical, interesting and cultural city in the World? No wonder you were less than impressed. How about the Tate, Natural History Museum, Tower et al? I still go there when I'm in town and I still think they're awesome every time. Did you go?<br /><br />And they took you to a Carvery? This guarantee's you crap food my friend. It's like hoping to get a culinary delight at Denny's, just doesn't happen. There are umpteen gastro-pubs that would have delivered much better fare.<br /><br />And you came to Toronto?<br />Missed Qnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-83110783980100447422014-05-30T14:18:33.198-04:002014-05-30T14:18:33.198-04:00Here's a an average example of sign overload, ...Here's a an average example of sign overload, but probably not the worst.<br />http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/13/article-0-0B8080FE000005DC-189_634x374.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804718502406028481.post-2429226092026658812014-05-30T14:13:23.096-04:002014-05-30T14:13:23.096-04:00I tend to agree Paris is better than London in som...I tend to agree Paris is better than London in someways, but I'm a little more familiar with it. Once you're underground it's all kind of the same to me, except for the fact that London seems quite a bit dirtier.<br /><br />European street signs are the worst in general. I think it stems from their complex bureaucracy that thinks the solution to every problem is another rule, rather than just accepting that life sometimes has unavoidable problems. I've driven on plenty a road where you couldn't possibly take in the shear number of signs they throw at you all clumped together. But then again, it might also be a way they can "get you" for something if you're not following the rules (didn't you see that sign hidden back there? No? it was the 3rd sign back on the second row from the middle)<br /><br />But I think perhaps a different philosophical approach that I'm sure can be debated (If just one life can be spared by adding this sign! vs, Information overload causes people to tune out more signs the more you add). Less is more. The work of a great sculptor is not adding material but removing it.<br /><br />The best signs though are Germany, where aside from signs telling you to watch out for giant frogs, they have speed limit signs to tell you that the prior speed limit is expired, but provide no signage to tell you what the new speed limit is. They just assume you should naturally know what the new speed limit is, by telling you with certainty what it isn't. Rather than of course, just telling you the new speed limit for certainty, which would also certainly render the old speed limit expired.<br /><br />The food to get in London is of course any kind of meat pie or cornish pasty. Fish and chips can be amazing in the right place, or basically just so-so tourist food in 99% of the places, even (especially?) if the place "looks" authentic.<br /><br />Have fun in US customs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com