Here's comes the train again - oops, no it doesn't!

Geeeeeez!! Three days of strikes began today disrupting the whole Tube network and inconveniencing millions of Londoners.

The transport system here is a joke. Not only is the London Underground probably the most expensive subway system in the world, it is also one of the worst. Indeed, there are subway systems in so-called developing countries that are better than London's. Daily line closures, constant delays, signal failures, staff shortages, the list of excuses goes on and on. The Tube is in a dire state - it's overpriced and in desperate need of a major cash injection (hmm, how can this be the case when we pay so much to use it?). What's more, the people who run it seem totally incompetent.

We've heard the excuses a million times, yeah we know it's old blah blah blah. The London Underground might be quaint and charming to the tourists but it's a cruel joke for those of us who have to use it every day.

It'll be the bus to work tomorrow then, along with seventeen hundred other people trying to squeeze onto the same double-decker to Wimbledon.

Ain't No Sunshine

Notting Hill, made internationally-famous due to the success of the film of the same name, receives flocks of tourists every day. It has gained a reputation as being something a romantic place - particularly as far as foreigners are concerned - although it must be said that the reality is somewhat different. It's a cool place to spend an afternoon, although not for the first time since I came back to the UK I was physically attacked by a local chav for doing nothing more than taking (non-intrusive) photographs with a big camera. Still, I didn't let it spoil my day.

Walk Like An Egyptian

The 250-year-old British Museum is probably the greatest museum in the world. Remarkably, like many museums in London, it is free to enter. It doesn't matter how many times you go, it's difficult to tire of its amazing range of Ancient Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Mesopotamian, Assyrian, Persian and Babylonian artifacts.


Crowds flock to get a glimpse of the Rosetta Stone, possibly the most remarkable and most important of all ancient artifacts to be found anywhere in the world.






If you only visit one museum in your life, then this is the one you should probably go to see!