Weekend in London

Well, I'm off to London for the weekend tomorrow, and I'm very excited about it, for several reasons. Mainly it's because that's where my girlfriend is and we haven't seen each other in six weeks or so. But I'm also excited because I love London. In the time I spent there I was amazed by how many Londoners hadn't been to or done any of the excellent things London has to offer.

My old colleague Glenn had never been to the museums at South Kensington, never been to a West End show or caught a gig at the Comedy Store. People that have lived in London their whole life would ask me things like "So what's Greenwich like?" and "Isn't the theater expensive?". Well, Greenwich is lovely, and yes the theater is expensive but it's not like you go every week. Once a year will do fine.

It's underappreciated by the people that live there, partly because it's so full of tourists and tacky gift shops that people are maybe scared to venture out, but also because it has the worst public transport system in the world. And I'm including warzones in this. The tube is underfunded and overcrowded and buses are so random that at times you'd be forgiven for thinking they were part of a Monty Python sketch. There's also far too many cars, and it's about time they pedestrianised Regent and Oxford Streets - shopping for new shoes or a computer game should not be a risky activity, but it is in London.

But I'd implore Londoners to look beyond this - because there's always something going on. Whether it's a gig or a club or a bar or a museum you can't fail to find somewhere that you like in London, and if you're still having trouble, well, you should probably just move.