Two Museums and a Free Concert

If you don’t like London then stop reading right now because I am IN LOVE with this city! What I love most is that by simply wandering around you are likely to stumble across something interesting, beautiful or entertaining; and the best part is you can do it for free most of the time.

There was a Street Photography exhibition at the Museum of London that I wanted to have a look at.It was absolutely fascinating; chronicling the history of street photography in London from 1860 to the present; with photos from the past of the streets I had just been walking along. It was interesting to see the same scenes we observe today, only with different clothes and hairstyles; the rebellious teens, mothers with prams stopped on the pavement having a gossip, nattering grannies. After the exhibition we weren’t quite ready to go home and thought we’d find somewhere for lunch and wander around a bit. We spotted a church that turned out to be St Clement Danes Church (as in “Oranges and Lemons” say the bells of St Clement’s). There was a brass band inside that was giving a free concert. It was beautiful to listen to and I felt so lucky. We ended our day at the National Gallery browsing the many paintings. And THAT is why I love it here. I had such a charming day full of beauty and culture! As always we took some pictures!

I love these daily inspirations as you enter the tube station!!!

Monument outside St Pauls Cathedral

St Pauls peeking from behind a tree

Don't know what this was, but it looked pretty

Having a break

History lesson about the Cathedral

One of the entrances

The front entrance with Queen Anne striking a pose

Traditional Sweet shop

The ORIGINAL sandwich place!

I loved the entrance to the Twinings tea shop.

Addicted

My laptop is in for repairs. It’s the first computer that I have ever owned. My husband and I used to share one, but I always thought of it as “his” computer. I would hop on every now and again to quickly do something; but he was the one who could spend hours at a time on it.

I grew to hate this keyboarded mistress that was taking his attention away. I would poke and prod his face until, exasperated by the facial assault, he would concede and give me his undying attention. Please don’t misunderstand, I am not a neglected wife; I just like his undying attention.

The only problem is I am now the one that is totally addicted to my laptop. I am consumed by the endless options of the World Wide Web. Any question I have ever had is answered instantaneously by a simple Google search. I am now the one who has a keyboarded mistress; staying up till 12:30am, staring at an illuminated screen through puffy sleep deprived eyes.

My husband doesn’t seem to mind my new found preoccupation. He hasn’t said a word indicating any distress about my lack of spousal attention. In fact, I think he likes the peace and quiet. I think his face is enjoying not being poked if nothing else.

I miss my laptop……..

L.O.V.E.

I found these photos when I was stumbling around on the internet, thought they were lovely! People in love makes me feel all toasty inside (I'm a girl, I can't help it).