My turn to blog today. We moved to our Mennonite your Way spot this morning. We have a little cottage to ourselves in their backyard. It's not big as you can see, but it is cozy as were are presently, reading, journaling and listening to music while it's pouring outside.
London is filled with so many interesting sights, smells and noises. I'm still surprised by the number of different languages that I hear, the efficiency of the tubes and the shear number of people! Our adventure for the day was Westminster Abby. It is remarkable in a number of ways....the age - built in 1066, the size, and the number of famous people buried in it. Although there are 29 kings and queens buried there I was more interested in the literary and scientific people. To have the graves of Chaucer, Lord Byron, Jane Austin, Handel, Burns, Darwin, Newton, Lyell and Faraday (just to name a few) was inspiring. I imagined the church to be spacious, but it is really crowded with so many tombs and memorials that there is hardly any space for "church". There were also very few icons of Christ, I guess they were too busy putting up images of themselves!
Our next stop was just for the girls...Hamley's toy store. It claims that it is the largest toy store in the world! The girls were in heaven. There were 6 floors of toys, demonstrators everywhere trying to sell you stuff and it was crowded. Or at least we thought it was crowded. One sales clerk who was trying to sell us a brush for tangled hair (called the "Tantrum")said the crowd was down by more than half! She did brush Emily's hair easily, but Emily doesn't cry enough to pay $24 or carry it!!! That's it for today, spent more time today traveling. Tomorrow we're off to Salisbury!
Jane
4 comments:
I've been in that toy store and it is HUGE!!! I'm sure the girls had fun
Jane, that was not only well written but elucidating. Thank you! Njoy!
Elucidating? That word is not in my vocabulary lol. It was good to hear your 'voice' and your enthusiasm (still going strong :).
Hello All: It is Thursday, September 10, and all children are at school -- or should be at school. Josephine and Emily are fortunate to have their "school" with them in their backpack. And you, no doubt, have the best teacher, right? Two teachers, in fact. Hope they are not too strict.
The sun is shining, and the farmers are out on the fields. I had my annual two rounds on the combine at Jim and Ronalee's farm, last week. It was great.
Thanks for the interesting travelogue so far. Keep it up, stay healthy and enjoy. Aunt L.
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