Yep, the name of the game was to visit every place on the Monopoly board! On sunday I met with a few friends, (Damo & Ingrid, Khanh, and Tania) and it took us almost 8 hours...We had mapped out the route (see pic of Damo's excellent organisation!), and began with the most geographically 'outer' property, which also happened to be the 1st on the board - Old Kent Rd! From there we went to what was closer on the map, not in board order.
We took pictures at every place, often standing in the middle of the road to get the street sign. Whitechapel was the scariest part of town, Vine St was the shortest at 40m (and had nothing in it!), and Mayfair was predictably old and beautiful. Although, I had a picture taken the
re popping out of a phone box that someone had mistaken for a toilet, and was filled with post cards of scantily clad ladies saying 'call me'.... and all the while trying not to breathe, and smile!
re popping out of a phone box that someone had mistaken for a toilet, and was filled with post cards of scantily clad ladies saying 'call me'.... and all the while trying not to breathe, and smile!
Traditionally the monopoly challenge is to visit a pub at every place and drink a half pint of beer - I'm glad I didn't do that cos I would have been comatose by the 5th stop...!
Did we cheat? - I'm ashamed to admit we did. By mid arvo we were flagging and couldn't be bothered walking to Park Lane - so took a picture of the Park Lane Hilton (which wasn't on park Lane strangely!), instead.
It was an awesome day - 8 hours, 26 places, 3 food stops, 16 trains and buses, miles of walking, and a whole lot of London I hadn't seen before. We finished up at the Sherlock Holmes pub off Northumberland Ave - I had a lemonade (and a headache) and stumbled home.
There's actually a new British Monopoly out, with new places - no more Mayfair! - and the Banker uses an atm swipe machine and players have credit-type cards - no more paper money. That's not real monopoly, where's the fun in that!!
3 comments:
Hey Neen,
You know they have made an Australian monopoly! Mmmm but it might be a bit hard to walk it. Oh well there is your next big holiday plan to travel the Australian Monopoly board :-)
Julie
What a great way to see London, and all the very famous, well known sites.
It's very cold here, London actually looks very sunny.
Hi Neena
I like your photos and always view them in full to get every detail in them. I am happy to see you enjoying your venture. Enjoy every bit of your life. keep blogging and sending photos to give us an update.
Bernadine
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