I was actually out shopping yesterday when I took the photo below. I told you I'd say more about it and I will. I was
shopping near Oxford Street. Now, let me tell you that Oxford Street is about the most annoying street to shop on once the
gloss of London has worn off you, but there are so many stores there it's hard to avoid. It's also a heck of a lot easier
than driving to Brent Cross.
This isn't actually Oxford Street, I believe it's Regent Street. But anyway, the point is that there's no Thanksgiving
in the UK and so nothing to get in the way of Christmas. In fact, there's barely a Halloween either, so really there's a lot
riding on Santa. The holiday displays are really quite impressive. These, but also those on the buildings.
Anyway, I was annoyed by the hustle and bustle of Oxford/Regent Streets, so I took the opportunity to duck into the Carnaby
Street Market where I ran into this guy...
That is none other than Peter Moore,
London's Town Crier and purportedly the most photographed person in London. I think most of the time he's probably aware of being photographed.
I didn't want to complicate things, though.
Ultimately, my travels took me back through Grosvenor Square (where the US Embassy compound is) and back to Oxford Street.
That's where I ran into this charming road sign - typical of the misdirection you can get into in London. There are all sorts
of signs like this in London. They seem to rarely actually point in the right direction.
You might think from this photo that Bond Street takes a 90 degree turn at some point. But no. The sign on the left does,
in fact, point to Bond Street. The sign on the right points to Oxford Street, which, once you reach it, is very close to the
Bond Street Tube station. That, ultimately is what the right hand sign is for. If you continued past the Tube stop and took
a right, you'd get to Bond Street, but nobody in their right mind would walk that way.
So anyway, what about the photo, you are asking yourself by now. Oh yes, the photo was courtesy of a little church in
the madness of Piccadilly that had a bunch of windows with little convex glass panes in them. Once I saw it, I had to take
the photo. This is what the church looked like it. I'll leave the magic of this versus the actual photo in the post below
to your imagination, but it wasn't all that hard.
