Slumming Around London
I have gotten some bad vibes from the Arabs here in London today. I walked into a Morrocoan restaurant and ordered a cup of coffee and the proprietor said, ‘ we don’t have that here.’ So I simply left. There were coffee cups, both ceramic and styrofoam there behind the bar and I do believe that I drank some Morrocoan coffee at this place last year. Why was he so curt with me ? I then walked up to a falafel stand and ordered a falafel sandwich and the man said, ‘ we don’t have that.’ I mean, here he was, cooking food for other people, with a sign that advertised falafel burgers and he curtly says that we don’t have that here. I ordered a crepe from the crepe stand next door and occasionally looked over there to see if he was cooking falafel for other people. I wonder what’s going on ? Did the U.S. commit another atrocity yesterday that I haven’t found out about yet ? I went to an internet cafe, which is in the basement of a middle eastern restaurant on my old neighborhood of Queensway. The same employees that have waited on me for years were not their usual friendly selves today. Weird…
At least I found a great t-shirt for Angie in Thomaston. It is a black shirt with gold lettering. Angie has long, straight, blonde hair and will look good in this souvenir that I promised to bring her. I walked to Buckingham Palace from my hotel and have finally found an internet cafe closeby. Tonight I will eat pub food and drink one of the English ales that we can’t get in the U.S. Oh by the way…
Yesterday afternoon I was aiming my camera at a quaint old pub that I was about to dine in. As I had the camera up to my eye, in search of a good camera angle, a man who looked and sounded like RHVL walked by me talking on a cell phone. He ended his call and then glanced back at me with an annoyed facial expression as if he thought that I was trying to take his picture. It was quite funny. I checked on the internet to confirm that RHVL is still in America with the Crafties. I also think that I saw Bono Vox and wife walking down the sidewalk outside of Victoria Station yesterday. If it was him, he had a spiky haircut.
Tomorrow Rome,
I.C.
p.s. I should add that I am fond of Arabs, Muslims and the food that they serve in their restaurants. I used to work with Arabs and Muslims and I believe that they are honest, hard working, clean living people. In fact, they are some of the finest people that I have ever met ! I am just a little frustrated that they don’t seem to like me today.