The streets are clean... the air is fresh... the skies are blue and you feel safe in this place. You walk slower so that you take in the sights, sound and the beauty of the city. There are no hassle in getting around and people are actually friendly and do smile at each other. 'Do you need any help Sir?' I almost had tears in my eyes in Harvey Nichols! With music pipers playing in the background and the amazing Castle as the backdrop, how can you not love this city?!
The streets are dirty... the air smells of dirt and piss... the skies are blue but only when you are lucky enough to be living near open fields and space, and not looking into your neigbour's bedroom window. You are conscious and on guard all the time when you are out. You walk fast like robots before you get push over by moving crowd and endure dirty stares when you stop. You are lucky if you get announcement in underground stations stating that 'All lines are operating in good conditions', and you try to avoid eye contact with anyone and dare least to say smile at any person. You actually inconvenienced the sales person by walking into a shop because that means they have to walk behind us and try to smile at us and the moment we walked out, they wonder why we walked in in the first place. With bad singers/buskers doing their thing in the background and trying to avoid another copy of London paper being pushed to your face... How can you not love this city?!
The streets are dirty... the air smells of dirt and piss... the skies are blue but only when you are lucky enough to be living near open fields and space, and not looking into your neigbour's bedroom window. You are conscious and on guard all the time when you are out. You walk fast like robots before you get push over by moving crowd and endure dirty stares when you stop. You are lucky if you get announcement in underground stations stating that 'All lines are operating in good conditions', and you try to avoid eye contact with anyone and dare least to say smile at any person. You actually inconvenienced the sales person by walking into a shop because that means they have to walk behind us and try to smile at us and the moment we walked out, they wonder why we walked in in the first place. With bad singers/buskers doing their thing in the background and trying to avoid another copy of London paper being pushed to your face... How can you not love this city?!
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well... London has the great Gay & Lesbian Film Festival!
Can't say fairer than that... which by the way, can you book the tickets this time round :D
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