Tag: london
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Contactless Transport in London vs Paris
Paris is rolling-out contactless tap-in payments for its transport network. Sounds like London's... except that Paris's includes a "convenience tax" that seems to disproportionately target short-term visitors. What might this say about each city's relationship with tourism?
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Taking A Dive
I had a second submission accepted to Curious Cones, one of the most-wonderful but also silly blogs I follow. But my third attempt came out blurry and didn't make it to the blog; ah well.
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Hanging out in London's theatreland, attracting double-takes (and a handful of thumbs-ups!) for my t-shirt...
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Close up of a t-shirt in the style of a Hamilton one but for Slamilton: A Basketball Musical.
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The hours of queuing pays off! Let's go!
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Dan, near the front of a long queue, in front of an illuminated West End Live sign.
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Back of the queue for West End Live. It's gonna be a long wait, but hopefully worth it!
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Dan, wearing a Slamilton t-shirt, stands with a tweenager outside a Central London building.
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Off to London for a couple of days of musical theatre fun! Don't wait up!
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Dan on a speeding train.
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I may have been dragged to MegaConLive London by my multi-fandom loving 12-year-old, but I at least managed to find somebody worth getting a selfie with.
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Dan Q with Eddie Bowley.
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My 12-year-old's persuaded me to take her to MegaConLive London this weekend.
As somebody who doesn't pay much attention to the pop culture circles represented by such an event (and hasn't for 15+ years, or whenever it was that Asdfbook came out?)... have you got any advice for me, Internet?
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Went to a West End theatre wearing my "Slamilton" t-shirt.
In this corridor, during the act break, a stranger spotted it and did a double-take.
"Is that...? wait... that's not Hamilton!", they said.
I seized my chance.
"It's Slamilton," I replied. "You know: 'Who slams, who jams, who tells their story.'"
And then, after a pause: "What's 'Hamilton'???"
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Dan, a white man with a goatee beard and a blue ponytail, wears a 'Slamilton' t-shirt in a theatre stairwell.
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Clapham South Deep Shelter
This weekend I once again found myself underground beneath London; this time exploring the Camden South Deep Shelter with the help of the Hidden London folks. And it was pretty damn cool.
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Seventy years ago, residents of this part of London would take shelter from V1 and V2 bombs in a tunnel beneath my feet. And today, I'm going down there to take a look!
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Dan, a white man wearing a Goo Goo Dolls t-shirt, stands in front of a sign describing the history of The Drum in South Clapham.
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Off to London. BRB!
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Dan, sitting on a bus.
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Somebody's doing a kickass job with these adverts on the Tube.
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Photo of a parody advertisement on a London Underground train, showing Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute. The fake ad is for 'Elon's Musk', 'parfum de 1939'.
Found via https://bsky.app/profile/strictlychristo.bsky.social/post/3ljobtnidrk2s; there are other examples in that thread.
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London Transport 25
Girl on the Net diverts from her usual sex blogging to write about taking a date on a 25-forms-of-transport tour of London, and it's delightful.
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Found GC4ZAJ2 HMS Belfast
This checkin to GC4ZAJ2 HMS Belfast reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find by the eldest child on our way to visit the HMS Belfast. TFTC!