tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post9074070396317671296..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: A Comedic Greek Tragedy And A Rhinocerus In LondonThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-22096501619509572672014-12-02T06:02:32.076+00:002014-12-02T06:02:32.076+00:00Thanks Am, Pat and Ruth.
Yes, London is stimulati...Thanks Am, Pat and Ruth.<br /><br />Yes, London is stimulating to visit for a short time — it's one of the great cities of the world — but I always return home with relief.<br /><br />7/7 was horrific, Ruth, and sobering to think you and your students were close to those horrendous events. London is on full alert again at the moment in the run up to Christmas. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-56413522758784128262014-12-01T14:59:39.956+00:002014-12-01T14:59:39.956+00:00I don't mean to be gruesome, but I meant to ad...I don't mean to be gruesome, but I meant to add that the bus bomb was just right there, near Tavistock Square. Our students were rocked to their core hearing it...<br /><br />And so interestingly, while I was there one week later, each and every time a police or medic siren went off, I watched Londoners pause in their tracks. I imagine that at a more distant time from the terrorist attack, they might have ignored sirens.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-66385366100739352202014-12-01T13:47:34.239+00:002014-12-01T13:47:34.239+00:00Yes, a very nice walk. It's good to get away t...Yes, a very nice walk. It's good to get away to the city and then be glad to get home.<br /><br />I, too, like that Rembrandt sketch very much. <br /><br />I am tickled to see the Hotel Russell, a building I walked past morning and night when I stayed in Russell Square a week in 2005 (just a week after the bus bomb) visiting our students on study abroad. The building that was our dorm (UCL) was once lived in by both Virginia Woolf and Maynard Keynes. I love the rich history of those environs.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86813512543870836892014-12-01T10:50:41.880+00:002014-12-01T10:50:41.880+00:00Sounds a nice, preChristmas break for you both Rob...Sounds a nice, preChristmas break for you both Robert. Lovely photographs brought it to life.<br />Love the Rembrandt sketch. Our Dutch friends have been to stay and bought me a lovely book from the RIJKSMUSEUM.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-24031780240458263672014-12-01T00:48:20.699+00:002014-12-01T00:48:20.699+00:00A fine city walk! So much to see and do in London....A fine city walk! So much to see and do in London.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.com