Confessions of a cat

Szeptember elején elmentünk elvileg 10, gyakorlatilag inkább 6 napra szlovéniába, Bled-be. Egész pontosan itt voltunk:

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Yesterday we’ve been to the London Dungeon(s) and in the Zoo.

As I did not have a camera with me and my sister’s battery has gone empty I cannot provide you with any pictures unfortunately. You can look them up on youtube and google though.

The London Dungeon 

This place is about London’s history. About the great fire in 1666, Jack the ripper, old housings, prostitutes, and so on. The focus is on the bad moments especially. It’s intended to be a scary place - and it manages to be at times. Situated near the London Bridge there are people dressed as vampires and frankensteins outside the door inviting the dear tourists in. You need to go in a few meters (along which sometimes people try to scare you by shouting in your face jumping out from behind a wall) to be able to buy a ticket.

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Thursday.

Yesterday my sister and me went to central London, after 9 o’clock. Travel is not cheap here, but you can get a so called off-peak travelcard for around 7 pounds for all zones in London which is valid after 9.30 in the morning and you can use all buses, tubes (the underground), and some railways as well, plus there’s a so called DLR (Dockland Rails something) which you can use as well. The peak travelcard for all zones costs more than 10 pounds - but we are fine with off peak. Also as my sister’s do not live in London but close to it - you need to take a train or a bus to London. The train station is a good 15 minutes walk from us (or sometimes the guys can take us out in 5 minutes by car) and it drops you off at King’s Cross or Old Street - both are connected with the tube. King’s Cross is a more hub-like place though. While the train takes some 30 minutes to arrive - the buses are very slow. They usually would take at least an hour to get there (as they stop at every bush basically).

So. We got in by a few minutes past 10. There’s no Wi-Fi in the train - but it’s all OK though. They are in a good condition - not too clean though. Which is fine with me. As others already mentioned most people go by train and / or by bus to work in London as going by car is crazy. The traffic is a bit crazy in London. Especially in peak times (8-10 in he morning and 15-18 in the afternoon). People seem not to be bothered with stepping down when the traffic lights are red - and double decker buses are coming toward them. Maybe for this very reason most drivers are going very slow - since they are aware of this habit and know that someone can step in front of their vehicle any given time. The cyclists are also a bit insane (at least those who I have seen so far) - as they just cross the roads, the roundabouts at any time - giving only a moderate afterthought about the possible consequences.

Tussaud’s wax museum

My sister wanted to see the Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. I was not especially crazy about the idea, but as she was very enthusiastic about it - I gave in.

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