{"id":143,"date":"2004-05-11T21:39:31","date_gmt":"2004-05-11T21:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2004-05-11T21:39:31","modified_gmt":"2004-05-11T21:39:31","slug":"trafalgar_picadilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/trafalgar_picadilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Trafalgar & Picadilly"},"content":{"rendered":"

So after getting my dose of wars from the past century, I thought that doing some sightseeing with live people around would be a good thing.
\nThe weather has been socked in all day, but at least it’s not raining.
\nFirst visit was to Trafalgar Square. There’s a statue of Lord Nelson on top of a tower surrounded by four lions. The National Galleries are there as is the St. Martins in the Fields Church<\/a>. If you’re a classical music fan, that name means something to you. I’m contemplating catching a concert there before I leave.
\nI was getting hungry and needed to get something to eat. That wouldn’t cost an arm or a leg. Things are more expensive there than in Tokyo.
\nAnyway, I alighted at Picadilly Circus and puttered around a bit. It’s their big touristy shopping area with lots of international chains and some neon. It’s not Shibuya or Shinjuku, not by any means.
\nI walked over to Chinatown through the theatre district. They’ve got a LOT of theatres for stage plays and musicals. Then I got close to Chinatown. I could tell because the signs were in Chinese, I heard Cantonese and that other mainlander dialect being spoken and it smelled bad. What IS it with Chinatowns and bad smells???
\nI found a small restaurant that didn’t have white tablecloths and ordered my comfort food, wontonmein. That plus a Coke = \ufffd5 = $9.00!!
\nI mean, the wontonmein was okay and all, but definitely not worth THAT much. And that’s cheap!!
\nYou should see how much McDonald’s costs for breakfast…I stopped off at the Supermarket and picked up some yoghurt for breakfast. Definitely cheaper!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So after getting my dose of wars from the past century, I thought that doing some sightseeing with live people around would be a good thing. The weather has been socked in all day, but at least it’s not raining. First visit was to Trafalgar Square. There’s a statue of Lord Nelson on top of … <\/p>\n

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