pRicky In London
I love London. I have always had this mythical illusion about this particular geographical landmark.
I am told and i tend to agree that I like London because i share a certain arrogance that the British seem to radiate.
I did a pricky in London tour a couple of weekends ago. And London didn't dissappoint me. It is very very busy. The tube stations(the underground trains, which for a very strange reason is not always underground. The origins are as old as 1907 as I have been told). The system if I might say is very very organised and fast. Though the native( and more often than not a non british) would be heard saying the tube break downs between stations. But the recovery is pretty quick.
My dear desvassiyon/fellow country men. London doesn't work on Indian Standard time. 9 sharp means sharp 9, not fifteen minutes after.
The Big Ben would possibly be the culprit for this i suppose...
A pity though, where India has given way to globalisation and has lost all its architectual beauty to a modern not worth a second glance buildings, English know what makes London the biggest cosmopolitan... the ability of not losing touch with their past through the ancient architect.
The Buckingham Palace is nothing close to one of our own but with royalty still in place in this country it seems grand. The queen is not british though she is german...hmmm!
And my dear pedestrians... this is England so the motors wait until the pedestrian crosses. It is very difficult to come to terms with this. The car stops until you have passed... Even the double deck buses...
This country is crazy though
The dry English humour takes getting used to...
You witness generous rain, sunshine, frigid breeze and cool chilling misty mornings...
People say sorry and thanks for every little thing...
The police men are well equipped...
The buses are not overflowing...
Noone has time...
And i am having a ball of time!!!
Desi Signs off... Namaste
I love London. I have always had this mythical illusion about this particular geographical landmark.
I am told and i tend to agree that I like London because i share a certain arrogance that the British seem to radiate.
I did a pricky in London tour a couple of weekends ago. And London didn't dissappoint me. It is very very busy. The tube stations(the underground trains, which for a very strange reason is not always underground. The origins are as old as 1907 as I have been told). The system if I might say is very very organised and fast. Though the native( and more often than not a non british) would be heard saying the tube break downs between stations. But the recovery is pretty quick.
My dear desvassiyon/fellow country men. London doesn't work on Indian Standard time. 9 sharp means sharp 9, not fifteen minutes after.
The Big Ben would possibly be the culprit for this i suppose...
A pity though, where India has given way to globalisation and has lost all its architectual beauty to a modern not worth a second glance buildings, English know what makes London the biggest cosmopolitan... the ability of not losing touch with their past through the ancient architect.
The Buckingham Palace is nothing close to one of our own but with royalty still in place in this country it seems grand. The queen is not british though she is german...hmmm!
And my dear pedestrians... this is England so the motors wait until the pedestrian crosses. It is very difficult to come to terms with this. The car stops until you have passed... Even the double deck buses...
This country is crazy though
The dry English humour takes getting used to...
You witness generous rain, sunshine, frigid breeze and cool chilling misty mornings...
People say sorry and thanks for every little thing...
The police men are well equipped...
The buses are not overflowing...
Noone has time...
And i am having a ball of time!!!
Desi Signs off... Namaste
8 comments:
sounds interesting...and it ought to be,,,its london!!!!
london looks beautiful! india rocks
good u r having a ball of a time..
danm u don make the desi's jealous he he he he, wat would be if the entier jpeng class was in london studing in west minster....
right right.. how lovely!!! and i am still tryin to find the home address of Hugh grant and Colin firth!!! bliss... the beautiful campus and an inviting library i must say... never have loved going to the lbrary b4...
Cheers!!!
@BP:Well looks, as the say my dear, can be deceptive...
but ya there is lots more to London than these monuments.
@MT:OH India rocks but ya London is beautiful...
@FP:I wouldn dare to make other desi's jealous...
ya If JPE was here i am sure this would be bangalore then.
@tsu:Library Library??? U go to the Library?
That's new!!! u have become academic and we know you have grown.... now since you can talk abt library with affection...
Namaste
Looks like a montage for Final Cut to me. London is a wonderful and frustrating place much like that crashing piece of software. If you're really interested, do read Peter Ackroyd's 'London: The Biography'.
good trip i say....
i wanna go there some day.. heard it a lil too expensive aswell..???
Adios
dont knw when i will go there..its been always in imagination...
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