Do other people do test runs?

Crappity crap I’m letting the days get away from me!  

Sunday the main event was a test run of using the bus system to get to the places I would need to go on Monday during the tube strike (HostelàCity HallàMuseum).  It went pretty ok.  Well, I cheated on the first part and took the tube to London Bridge and walked to City Hall.  I ate lunch in a little café (Prix Fixe FTW) in a square that I’m sure has a name that was posted somewhere prominent but I just didn’t see it. 

Stepped out of the café toward the river to see this: 






Then this:



This is me having recently seen that:



This is City Hall.  It is modern architecture, in case you were wondering.  I was in there on Monday for a lecture, and the view from the ninth floor is amazing.




After a terrible bout of being lost trying to get to the Museum from City Hall, I found my way, but didn't bother with going in.  It was just a test run, after all.

I cheated and took the tube back to the hostel, on the belief that finding my way back was less crucial b/c I really just had to get to the Museum on time (spoiler, didn't happen, I was late) (double spoiler, it took me two hours to get home on Monday, but that had only a very small bit to do with my failure to test the route).

I needed to go to the grocery store, so I went one tube stop further than usual and got miserably lost trying to find my way back to the hostel.  I was of poor humour about it, but I took this picture before I got lost.  It's a lovely little community, much more diverse and active than the area right around the hostel, even though this is about a ten minute walk away.



That's Sunday.  I'll try to blog about the Museum tomorrow.  I think it's pretty much the only thing I did all week, until today, when I went to a delicious little Lebanese restaurant for dinner, which was interesting.  But more on that another time.