tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961604105772410147.post8008981980964371883..comments2023-06-06T08:47:57.482-07:00Comments on a mad world: The West End GirlMadeleinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04193070164584925505noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961604105772410147.post-66255341609690427122011-04-09T19:47:09.800-07:002011-04-09T19:47:09.800-07:00The dependence on public transport never bothered ...The dependence on public transport never bothered me. Well, as long as it wasn't a hot summer day with failed a/c in the carriage, and stuck in a tunnel for half an hour due to signal failure... which happened to me more times than I care to remember! I got a lot of books read, and listened to a lot of music. The Metro papers (like Melbourne's M/X) made the morning commutes go a little quicker too, even if all the stories came from Reuters and were badly written...<br /><br />Plus, have I mentioned I like observing people? As in, really like? The Tube was great for that. <br /><br />Thanks for the compliment - means a lot coming from you. xxMadeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193070164584925505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961604105772410147.post-75949537358723359812011-04-09T18:43:52.447-07:002011-04-09T18:43:52.447-07:00London has never held any appeal to me whatsoever....London has never held any appeal to me whatsoever. I think it's the weather mostly. And this from a Melbourne girl! <br /><br />I would like to see it some day but I know I could never live there. I don't like the idea of having to rely on public transport so much. I don't dig being shoved into a box filled with other people. Waaaaay too much humanity for me.<br /><br />But I think memories have a way of putting a glow on things that are removed from the actual reality of that time. Which is sort of nice.<br /><br />MJ, your writing is just blooming. I am so enjoying taking this journey with you. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961604105772410147.post-9126582683916099872011-04-05T10:47:07.326-07:002011-04-05T10:47:07.326-07:00Thanks for the link, Melbo.
"In London mela...Thanks for the link, Melbo. <br />"In London melancholy is in the very air you breathe and enters in at every pore. There is nothing more gloomy or disquieting than the aspect of the city on a day of fog or rain or black frost." ...Definitely more than a grain of truth there.<br /><br />Like in all big cities, though, there seems to be a different vibe in London to the rest of the UK. When we ventured out of London, we found people to be happier, friendlier and more relaxed. <br /><br />Oh, you would not like British weather - that's for sure! When we moved to Melbourne, friends kept telling me I'd hate the weather and be miserable, but I knew I'd be fine, that it wouldn't be as bad as in the UK. However, if I hadn't lived in the UK immediately beforehand, I think Melbourne weather would have done my head in! Not just the grey skies, but the changeability - four seasons in one day. Brighton (in the UK, not Melbourne) was the same.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193070164584925505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961604105772410147.post-81151892816173155372011-04-05T04:06:44.714-07:002011-04-05T04:06:44.714-07:00Mad, I first read this last night but didn't g...Mad, I first read this last night but didn't get to comment. Sorry.<br /><br />Love your take on the weather in London and the effect on mood. When I was growing up, I always wanted to do a stint in London. You've just run through all the fantasy images I had of that. <br /><br />I realise now of course it would have been like Melbourne on steroids weather-wise and if I get SAD here, I would have been even SADder there. <br /><br />I have often wondered whether my tendency toward depression is a product of my English ancestry. There is a certain miserable stoicism in the pommy temperament that rather gives the impression of life being a gigantic shit sandwich that one just has to chew through whether one likes it or not. <br /><br />Thought you might like this link because I think people have been pondering the connection between English temperament and weather for a while. http://www.mytimemachine.co.uk/climate.htmmelbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032793912135092967noreply@blogger.com