Wednesday 28 September 2005

Stairwells and fitness centres

Just got out of a 40 minute fitness centre “induction”, which consisted of watching a video. Have a headache…

After a month here, I find I’m still furtively glancing both ways before crossing the street. I’ve almost got it down. Along the same lines, people are constantly dancing in the stairwells of the library, as so many of us are international students and aren’t really sure which side to walk on. I was always taught to walk on the right in grammar school…guess I should ask someone what the rule is here;)

-Suz

1 comment:

Suzer said...

so they walk as they drive…on the “wrong” side of the walkway?? Have you ever wondered how this all came to be, i mean people driving..walking on different sides?

Commented by muddiah on September 28, 2005 at 12:56 pm

good question…and something worth looking into. i’ll investigate;)

Commented by Suzer on September 29, 2005 at 10:26 am

here goes:

http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm

have a read,
suz

Commented by Suzer on September 29, 2005 at 11:06 am

interesting. i thought most of europe drove on the left.

Commented by muddiah on September 29, 2005 at 9:38 pm | Edit This
Are fitness centers any different over there? Did you actually sign up, or was it “we’ll give you two weeks free if you listen to our sales pitch”?

Commented by kivadiva on September 30, 2005 at 10:26 pm

I did sign up….£35 for the entire year, which is a very good deal. That includes all fitness equipment, pool, classes (yoga, pilates, aerobics, etc.)

Commented by Suzer on October 3, 2005 at 5:19 am