Thursday, 8 October 2015

A visit to London

Have just got back from a two day visit to London - what have I learnt?

1) That the smart colour for a smart car is black

2) That the ultimate smart car is a Range Rover - in black of course - bye bye Mercedes  nobody -or at least not the uber rich in Knightsbridge/St James area - seems to love you anymore.

3) That- although it is now the season of  ' mist and mellow fruitfulness'  the enthusiasm for London by Chinese tourists is unabated - and - therefor - the chorus of pleas for the government to relax visa requirements on Chinese tourists seems a waste of space -the British Museum - which -not having visited it for forty odd years I spent a morning in - was swarming with Chinese and later - while wandering down Knightsbridge -and my wife and I decided to pop into Harrods that too was simply awash with them.

4)   Harrods: If you need to know the price of something - anyway a handbag -you shouldn't be shopping there.  We wandered through the leather goods and handbag department peering at the goodies but slightly amazed that nobody had bothered to put the prices on them ! My wife - happy though with her look alike Prada bag slung over her shoulder - bought from an obliging black man  on a pavement in Barcelona for £15 - eventually summoned up the courage to ask an assistant how much some perfectly ordinary looking - to me - handbag was - be told £2,250!

Have I learnt anything else - Oh yes - the best museum experience in London is the Sir John Soane Museum Lincoln Inn Fields - it is intimate, eccentric and a monument to a great architect and Englishman and it is free (not many Chinese either) 
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4 comments:

  1. Unknown9 October 2015 at 13:09

    Re: Chinese.

    Read the small print Francis. It is the "The British-Irish Visa Scheme" and as such is a subtle precursor to greater co-operation between Britain and Ireland. A very sensitive subject which is being approached in a suitably tangential manner by both countries. Although a great deal of intellectual capital has been invested in the EU by the Irish political elite and academe they were unimpressed by rule from Frankfurt by the Troika and even less impressed by the bullying of Greece and are hedging their bets. Could be that a united Ireland within a loose Federation of the 4 nation is on the cards to replace the UK, which I am afraid is well past its sell-by date.

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  2. Unknown13 October 2015 at 03:06

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqvweTYTI0

    I like Chinese, they only come up to your knees...

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  3. Unknown14 October 2015 at 04:04

    I can not believe, you just told the World that your wife is having forged handbag! Even if this is true, never ever say that out loud! :) Have a nice day!

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  4. Unknown14 October 2015 at 04:06

    I can not believe, you just told the World that your wife is having forged handbag! Even if this is true, never ever say that out loud! :) Have a nice day!

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