Abbey Road Studios in St. John’s Wood, London
Watching people pose on the crosswalk is almost like attending a sports match of some sort. Abbey Road is a busy street and a lot of tourists aren’t willing to wait for the ideal time to cross. Local drivers have it rough—there’s always someone standing on the side of the street, contemplating when to pose, and they never choose the right time. Cars always come at the times that the people decide to cross. So I took a seat on the wall in front of the studios/right in front of the crosswalk and I watched as sets of people showed up, posed on the crosswalk and then left. But my favorite is watching how the local drivers react. Some drivers speed up when they see people posing—they speed up and stop right at the last second as if they were really contemplating hitting the people. But most of the drivers stop and wait. And I wonder what they’re thinking about. Are they annoyed? They’ve got to be annoyed, I would be. Did I take a picture walking across the crosswalk? No. But to be honest, that’s only because I was with one other person. I’m going to take one later because I’m sure my family would really get a kick out of it and because it’s the ultimate cheesy tourist picture that you can take while in London (and you know how I like cheesy tourist pictures). And believe me, when my time comes to take a crosswalk picture, I’ll take the extra few minutes to wait until there aren’t any cars coming (it is possible).
