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Monday, July 10, 2006, 20:22

London Leaving

Here I am now, in the center of the world. GMT, baby. But as I write this my Gatwick departure is looming and my Newark homecoming is waiting (and my £/min usage is growing). London is a huge place and like New York it's international. I like it here and would like to stay longer but as I write this with mixed feelings of nostalgia for other parts of Europe, for home, and for places I've not yet even been, I know it's time to go. I'm ready. Now for the London recap: First day, I went to Camden Town. This place is pretty hyped up but honestly it's just like St. Marks between 2nd and 3rd. Though, I did get a shot of a half Andre the Giant print minus the customary OBEY message.

Later that night I met an Episcopalian priest (to whom I later confessed my travel sins) from Virginia. No joke. He's a cool guy and we got down at the California Soul/British Invasion/Best of today's hipster rock/Cute girls running around in 60s style house dresses, dance club. The next day we went to the Tate Modern, another great museum, and to Speaker's Corner. This place is great. All the nuts (and sometimes not so nuts) get up on chairs (I guess soapboxes are passe) and profess their profundities for all to listen and to argue with them.

Here are my customary shots around town. You can see Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, and Buckingham Palace among them.

"Hey kids, Big Ben, Parliament"

And of course, the great monuments to our "special relationship." George and Abe. Seriously, these guys have more than enough history to put up some homegrown heroes, right? Well, on behalf of the USofA, I take it as a compliment and thank them. I suppose we do have a "special relationship" afterall. I mean, they commit troops to Iraq and we honor the Union Jack by making it the official flag of punk rock.

So, this is it. Long, strange trip, yeah yeah. Sad and happy, yeah yeah. I hope you enjoyed this blog. Thanks for the comments. To everybody back home, I can't wait to see you. Please come visit me in Wayne, before I head down to Margate for the summer, as I'll be recovering from minor surgery on my toe (see Vienna blog entry) and unable to walk or drive. And to everybody I met on this trip, thanks. You've changed me for the better.

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