Tue, 10 October 2006
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 5:13 pm. Mary and Greg, Happy Anniversary! Yesterday I woke up a few minutes after noon. I did not leave the presbytery. I did get my laundry done. Could not get to sleep until some time after 4 am. Today I woke up before 9 am. (My room in the presbytery is very quiet.) I wandered through bookstores in the morning. There was a little rain. The weather is unseasonably warm, in the 60s. This afternoon I did what could be considered my first tourist bit. You know, I had thought I had seen London pretty thoroughly when I lived here for nine weeks in 1982. Then again, I had only one day off per week and at the end of my stay, I didn't hang around London and instead spent a few days in Yorkshire. Now, what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of London? The Houses of Parliament? I would say that that is the most universally recognizable symbol of London. But I have to tell you that I really have no recollection of having seen the Houses of Parliament back in 1982. I corrected that omission today. The best view of the building is from the south side of the Thames (and I do remember for sure that I never made it to the south side of the Thames -- Southwark or "Sutherk" -- back then). Well today I took in the whole beautiful vista. Near Parliament is Westminster Abbey, which I think I visited in '82 (so then why wouldn't I have seen Parliament back then? -- maybe I do need to take pictures). Over the main door of Westminster Abbey there are sculptures of ten 20th-century saints, including Martin Luther King. I think I'll go inside the Abbey tomorrow; having read The Da Vinci Code, I am interested in seeing the monument for Newton. Having done a lot of walking today, I hope that getting to sleep tonight will be no problem. I think my 1200-calorie diet can be bent today. Fr. Alan doesn't appear to keep much fresh fruit around. I've bought some clementines and Braeburn apples.
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