(May 20 journal entry)
Got off to a late start this morning (we must do better Wednesday), but there Allison & I sit on the south bank of the Thames, marveling at the Houses of Parliament & Big Ben, dodging the clouds for photos. Still hard to believe -- London! We must appear as annoying tourists, snapping pictures of one another on Westminster Bridge, Big Ben modeling with us.
(May 22 journal entry)
One can't possibly see everything in grand museums in any detail in a single day, so I ran from gallery to gallery in the British Museum for glimpses, saw t heRosetta Stone and then focused on ancient Greece and the Enlightenment, where I now sit safely with my notebook.
It's difficult to keep one's journal updated when so many things fill the days: Tate Britain (esp. lady of Shalot), Tower of London, Jack the Ripper walking tour, and far more photos of Big Ben than I'll ever need. A surreal experience at 23 Fitzroy Road after the sun set: I could almost see the body of Sylvia Plath carried down the few stairs to an ambulance, her poetic genius self-extinguished; I could almost reach out to stroke her face, snowflakes melting on my hand. Know it for what it is. Love it for what it is.
Can't believe our time in London is fast-ending (though, at times, a short eternity). Only last night, wasn't I lounging around the Epstein hostel? It's owner (his name?) showing us the gardens after a night out in Liverpool, telling us of Brian Epstein & boyfriend in relationship to the yard, shouting through an open window at a showering guest, "Nice ass! Ah, the joke didn't go over and now I'm going to get a bad fucking review!" Wasn't it only a lazy Sunday, collecting our thoughts for the week at Ashleigh's & Martin's? We've been spolied, but the Astor Victoria (£12.50/night) is an accomdating hostel, with everything available one might need & included breakfast. Not gourmet, but food! And Ashleigh's come along for sites, also. Oh, exploration: how exhausting, how thrilling!
Got off to a late start this morning (we must do better Wednesday), but there Allison & I sit on the south bank of the Thames, marveling at the Houses of Parliament & Big Ben, dodging the clouds for photos. Still hard to believe -- London! We must appear as annoying tourists, snapping pictures of one another on Westminster Bridge, Big Ben modeling with us.
(May 22 journal entry)
One can't possibly see everything in grand museums in any detail in a single day, so I ran from gallery to gallery in the British Museum for glimpses, saw t heRosetta Stone and then focused on ancient Greece and the Enlightenment, where I now sit safely with my notebook.
It's difficult to keep one's journal updated when so many things fill the days: Tate Britain (esp. lady of Shalot), Tower of London, Jack the Ripper walking tour, and far more photos of Big Ben than I'll ever need. A surreal experience at 23 Fitzroy Road after the sun set: I could almost see the body of Sylvia Plath carried down the few stairs to an ambulance, her poetic genius self-extinguished; I could almost reach out to stroke her face, snowflakes melting on my hand. Know it for what it is. Love it for what it is.
Can't believe our time in London is fast-ending (though, at times, a short eternity). Only last night, wasn't I lounging around the Epstein hostel? It's owner (his name?) showing us the gardens after a night out in Liverpool, telling us of Brian Epstein & boyfriend in relationship to the yard, shouting through an open window at a showering guest, "Nice ass! Ah, the joke didn't go over and now I'm going to get a bad fucking review!" Wasn't it only a lazy Sunday, collecting our thoughts for the week at Ashleigh's & Martin's? We've been spolied, but the Astor Victoria (£12.50/night) is an accomdating hostel, with everything available one might need & included breakfast. Not gourmet, but food! And Ashleigh's come along for sites, also. Oh, exploration: how exhausting, how thrilling!
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Crap, I left a typo in my last comment...
so here it is again:
Your entries just keep getting better and better.
:)
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