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London Calling

Perfect Tommy

21:59 / 13.10.02

I've just learned that the school I'm attending has a study-abroad program this spring: five grand for three months room/board/tuition somewhere in London.

1) Is there anything I should know about springtime in London that would make this a poor idea?

2) If I go through with it, does anyone want to be my friend? *flutters eyelashes*

Rev. Orr

03:07 / 14.10.02

1) The rain is a little warmer. Otherwise things are much the same as at any other time: the pubs shut early, the tubes go on strike and we all pretend we hate it here without ever actually leaving...

illmatic

07:36 / 14.10.02

5 grand sounds like plenty of dosh but how much are your course fees etc. If you are hugely wealthy, you will have a great time here (but then you could probably say that about anywhere - and may I add, under those circumstances I will happily be your friend).

I'd say go for it - London is great in lots of ways, shite in others, like most big cities. I can't say anything springtime specific though, but I'm sure lots of 'Lithers (myself included) will be happy to meet up and help you blow your course fees on booze and loose women.

Tryphena Absent

09:33 / 14.10.02

Come to London, it has everything Cardiff doesn't have, cake and theatres and foreign films and good art galleries and better pubs and more wife-beater (stella). You walk down a street and people don't walk in to you because the crowds move properly like crowds should. The shopping's good and the people are from all over the shop and it has good traditions like Patisserie Valerie's and the Centrali restaurant in Soho. It rains but then you get yet another excuse to go into your favourite bookshop and treat it like a library. We have proper tea here and the British Museum.

Damn I miss it.

pointless and uncalled for

10:23 / 14.10.02

Warning - London does have the capacity to chew you up and spit you out.

Other than that it's a right laugh.

The Return Of Rothkoid

11:17 / 14.10.02

Maybe I'm the best advert for it. I fucking hated it for a year, but now I'm back *in Sydney* I can think of nowhere I'd rather be. And largely because of these barbebastards here.

That, and the Soane museum. And Selectadisc. And Newkie Brown on lazy weekends. And people. And people.

pacha perplexa

11:18 / 14.10.02

London is much, much better when you don't have to rely on your earnings to pay the rent, buy food and at the same time have fun. So go for it.

Mourne Kransky

12:58 / 14.10.02

I might be asking the Mayor for a stipend to spend all my time singing the joys of London because I am so happy to be here, so you may need to beware my newbie enthusiasm, but come come come! My only regret is that I didn't come here when I was a shaggable young man, although I did make the most of that elsewhere anyway, in truth.

And there is so much more claw-tit action down here, PT.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

13:33 / 14.10.02

It'll depend on the weather. If it's raining, and it most likely will be, the main busy parts of London can be hellish because such devices to keep yourself dry such as an umbrella will be incredibly difficult to use and will mark you out as some strange exotic nancy. If we have a dry spring, it can be lovely because then it's just summer with the heat on 'defrost' rather than 'oven roast'.

pacha perplexa

13:42 / 14.10.02

Oh, Zoch, it's so good to hear you're happy here!! Truth be told, I'm complaining now, but I know I'll miss this place terribly.

Fist Fun

14:34 / 14.10.02

I've only ever been to London to watch football games and catch Eurostar connections. I think people in London dress very well. That is the only observation I can make. Young people in Glasgow dress well, 40-ish folk in Paris dress well - most people that I saw in London were well dressed.

Mourne Kransky

16:40 / 15.10.02

Thanks Pacha. London’s loss when you go. We need more exotic and foreign! Must have been your fabulous Court of the Crimson Queen outfit at Torture Garden that Buk was thinking of when he pronounced Londoners snappy dressers.

I’m surprised by how casually my colleagues dress for work here. So many anoraks and unsavoury jumpers. No doubt I’ll adjust in time and stop being such a Scottish tight-arse. Maybe when we have some dosh to go clubbing again, I’ll see a bit more metropolitan glam and glitz. But what do I know about clothes? Ganesh has to buy mine or they’d all be black and the wrong size.

Maybe Tommy Perfect will up the fashion ante with his big bursary if he comes to adorn these shores. Too many good ones going, just as I reach these gold-paved streets.

Perfect Tommy

17:08 / 15.10.02

Upon further inspection, it's actually five G's for TWO months, not three. Spending something like twice my typical living expenses is one thing, but thrice? Less attractive.

But, goddammit, now I want to head over anyway. I will meditate on this and see if some cheaper option presents itself. I dunno, anyone need a live-in math tutor?

Baz Auckland

01:19 / 16.10.02

For $5000US, you could probably get a plane ticket and live there for 6 months without working. No credits, but that seems a bit steep for only 2 months.

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