When Jessica and I left London a few weeks ago, we didn’t leave the UK, but instead went to Wales. Jessica was under a loose obligation to attend a gathering of Fulbright Scholars there, even though most of the rest of them were on UK-specific programs, whereas Jessica is being funded through a “Global” program. Regardless, they asked her to […]
A tale of Cardiff, Cliffs, and COVID
London 10: Life in London
The last week we were in London was fairly cold and had some bouts of raininess. Fairly typical for our time there. But our second to last week there was glorious. It was bright and sunny. People were walking around in t-shirts. The parks were overflowing. So, I want to finish my memories of London with some of the most […]
London 9: Art and more…out and about
Much as I said there was history around every corner in London, not just in museums, the same is absolutely true for art. You may have noticed that the canals have a fair amount of graffiti along the walls, and the same is true in many more places. There’s a huge range from more simple tags to formal street art […]
London 8: Art…from the traditional to the exceptional
There are about a million art museums and galleries in London. We didn’t get to that many of them, but hit a few of the big ones during our couple of months there. Like the British Museum, and really most of the major museums in London, all the major art galleries have free entry, with some more substantial fee for […]
London 7: The British Museum…and other life news
Let’s start with a brief frustrating aside. Jessica and I have COVID. We’re currently isolating in a hotel in Swansea in Wales, an area we had been thoroughly enjoying (more on that when I finish with London) until we got sick. It seems like we got it at a dinner for the Fulbright that we both attended (and at least […]
London 6: Historyland
London’s got a lot of history. As discussed in previous posts, it goes back to pre-Roman settlements, through construction of a Roman city, the Norman invasion, and onwards to the present. Kinda a lot of things happened here. And that’s obvious at pretty much every turn in the city. Just to give a few examples… “The Box Office” sits on […]
London 5: More Building Babble
Jessica and I have now officially left London, but I have a bunch more thoughts, photos, stories, etc. that I’ll finish writing up over the next week or two, so expect a small barrage of posts–a couple shortish and a couple might be kinda epic. Today I want to write about how we encountered London–mostly through observing its buildings. With […]
London 4: Into the City and out of the city
Jess and I have started watching the clock a bit. We only have a couple more weeks in London and we’re realizing how many places we’d love to check out that we’re not going to get to. Oh well. It turns out it’s a big enough city that you can’t see everything. Shocking info, I know. In the meantime, we […]
From Henge to Ham: a week of new adventures (aka London, Part 3)
It’s been busy times lately. Jessica and I have continued trekking all over London, eating well, and visiting a bunch of museums. But, to focus in a bit, the last week of February was a particularly fun and interesting chunk of time. That Monday, we got up early and zipped down to Waterloo Station to catch a train to Salisbury. […]
London 2: Finding Hidden Joys
We’ve been in London for about a month now and we’re feeling pretty settled in. The flat we’re renting is definitely “home” and we know how to get around a bit. Of course, COVID fears have held us back from doing too much still–we’ve only eaten indoors at a restaurant once so far, and we’ve been avoiding doing a number […]