This is England, this is how we feel
Jan. 5th, 2008 05:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fingertroubleBack from Spain late last night, still trying to adjust and start sorting out my room and various other things for 2008 - John stayed over at my flat which is very very rare, which was nice...shame the place is an utter nightmare still.
Madrid was good on the last day, despite evil Stazi art gallery guards that showed the southern Spain welcome for the warmth it had - are they employing people who failed the psych tests for tax inspectors, the army and parking inspectors now?
Really they were very bad - in one day we had stand-offs over a small plastic bag they didn't tell us to put into a locker at the entrance at the Reina Sofia (got to the point that after 2-3 times of this, one woman was shouting at us in Spanish when we walked away from her when she just got rude, and tried unsuccessfully to get us thrown out!), another at the Crystal Palace cos they had lines on the floor and no signs (or none we could understand) with others walking over and we alone got hassled, and another at the Archaeological Museum for me using my mobile to browse the net making no noise away from the exhibits, when others were walking around standing in front of exhibits talking on them, and no 'no mobile' signs either (plenty of non-camera ones). Really it seemed in Madrid the local branch of Pedants Anonymous had decided to become art stazi en masse. And of course all of them had little knowledge of English or apparent interest in either the art or info on where other related places where. Very annoying.
Anyway I hope 2008 is better than 2007, and you all had a good one, whatever one is supposed to have. I predict happier times for 2008 (he sayeth wishfully).
I just bought a ladder. What is the world coming to?
Madrid was good on the last day, despite evil Stazi art gallery guards that showed the southern Spain welcome for the warmth it had - are they employing people who failed the psych tests for tax inspectors, the army and parking inspectors now?
Really they were very bad - in one day we had stand-offs over a small plastic bag they didn't tell us to put into a locker at the entrance at the Reina Sofia (got to the point that after 2-3 times of this, one woman was shouting at us in Spanish when we walked away from her when she just got rude, and tried unsuccessfully to get us thrown out!), another at the Crystal Palace cos they had lines on the floor and no signs (or none we could understand) with others walking over and we alone got hassled, and another at the Archaeological Museum for me using my mobile to browse the net making no noise away from the exhibits, when others were walking around standing in front of exhibits talking on them, and no 'no mobile' signs either (plenty of non-camera ones). Really it seemed in Madrid the local branch of Pedants Anonymous had decided to become art stazi en masse. And of course all of them had little knowledge of English or apparent interest in either the art or info on where other related places where. Very annoying.
Anyway I hope 2008 is better than 2007, and you all had a good one, whatever one is supposed to have. I predict happier times for 2008 (he sayeth wishfully).
I just bought a ladder. What is the world coming to?