London
Touring
Day 1.
It’s fun to be in the hustle and bustle. We washed our clothes at a laundromat, ate fish and chips, drank beer, and marveled at all the people - people in pubs and people rushing down the streets.
London Bridge is not falling down,
Falling down,
Falling down.
London Bridge is not falling down -
It’s a hoax.
The world’s not flat; it’s perfectly round,
Perfectly round,
Perfectly round.
The world’s not flat; it’s perfectly round -
It’s no joke.
The time has come to make a choice,
Make a choice,
Make a choice.
The time has come to make a choice:
You’re social or you’re anti.
Day 2.
The Romans wanted to inspire their youth to fight and possibly die as heroes for their Republic; England continues the tradition. Inside St. Paul’s Cathedral, the walls were lined with memorials to soldiers who died in war. The crypt held the marble sarcophagi of Nelson and Wellington - more war heroes meant to inspire.
We climbed, dizzy, to the top of the dome with my father and looked out at the glass and construction of the enormous cityscape below. My father knew many of the names of the buildings and landmarks. Fit as a fiddle, he climbed and descended nearly 400 steps. We spent the day with John and Jean, ate Ottolenghi’s delicious, garlicky food, and had a good time together.
By candlelight at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, we saw Love’s Labour’s Lost. We laughed and laughed and were thrilled by the brilliant actors.
The walking ape
And burning man
Has learned to rule
These many lands.
He’s carved and crushed
The Earth, its sands;
He’s burned its trees
And drained its lakes.
The walking ape
And burning man
Considers he’s so very grand.
But the walking ape
And burning man
Will one day
Have to take a stand.
As the air he breathes,
The water he drinks,
Will take his life away from him.
The walking ape
And burning man
Will one day not be
So very grand.
Days 3, 4, & 5.
Family, reunion, forgiveness, and friends.
London, city of changes,
It lies on the edge of a new direction.
People will come and go; buildings will be demolished or decay in time.
But know you hold my past, my memories, and my family.
I love you and goodbye.