London, Westminster: elderly gentleman playing "My Heart Will Go On." On a harp. That's right, a harp.
London, Piccadilly Circus: older guy playing country-ish music on a guitar. Plus a tourist, posing for photos with him.
London, King's Cross St Pancras (on train): young guy with steel guitar, bemoaning "gangster capitalism" and explaining that if we had full employment, no one would be priced out of the economy.
Paris, Strasbourg-St. Denis: 20-something with a marionette and a stereo. The marionette was "playing" a guitar.
Paris, Passy (on train): 40-something with a violin, playing "Yesterday."
Sadly lacking a European counterpart: Recorder guy from the Harvard T station. Alas.
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See any erhu players in Europe?
ReplyDeleteunfortunately, no. though after posting this, I did see "gangster capitalism" guy again on a train going to Paddington station, as well as a middle-aged man in the Tottenham Court Road station imploring passers-by to "shake [their] booties" and, most unfortunately, demonstrating what he wanted.
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