LONDON, LONDON - How I love you, London!

HONESTLY, I don't believe the reason I love London so much is because I am so very pale and these people are also mostly very pale. I think there is way more to it than that! Well, I hope so anyway.

Me doing a SELFIE at Harrod's
Big. Expensive. Store. FIVE ACRES

Now I'm catching you up on Week 2. It has been: wonderful - hectic - tiring - fun - enjoyable - hectic - hot - tiring - incredible - hectic - tiring ... well, you get the point. Have I mentioned to you that London is a WALKING city? If not, let me make sure you understand that. A WALKING city. As in, the citizens walk EVERYWHERE. If you ask one of them for directions, they will tell you, "Oh, it's just a brisk 5-minute walk from here." Don't believe them. They are either insane, taking the piss (Leener!), or can honestly walk there (briskly) in 5 minutes. You need to translate their speech into American English. It's 30 minutes. It's just like exchanging Pounds (money) into Dollars. It will drive you crazy so just don't do it. Our dollar is only worth 59 cents per pound here. Our minute is obviously only worth 15 seconds here. Don't do the math (they say maths here) - just don't believe them. Tricky wankers (Leener! but you might not know that's a British bad word so scratch that).

See how everyone is walking? This is why they're
all more fit than us!

This post is not going to be as detailed (mainly because I'm rushed) but here's the stream of consciousness that is coming out of my brain. The Museum of London is WONDERFUL - first time I've ever been there! Wish I could take more time and revisit it. A must see.

Fantastic FREE Museum

I loved St. Paul's Cathedral (again) and elected not to take the 528 steps up to the Golden Gallery (been there, did that, did not buy a t-shirt - I remember it fondly from my 30's). I revisited the golden city of Oxford again (did not hook up with Queen Kathleen, King Peter, Princess Martha, nor Prince Pip, unfortunately) but had a great tour and went to the amazing Bodleian Library.

This is actually the The Radcliffe Camera
which is adjacent to the Bodleain Library

If you are a librarian, you want to be a librarian, you like libraries, you like books, you like old buildings, you like history - WHATEVER YOUR CUP OF TEA - you need to visit the Bodleian Library. It is amazing. They shot bits of the Harry Potter movie here, it's so amazing. Better than building a set! Unfortunately, photos are not allowed so you'll have to go to this website to make do (yes, while sacrificing the beauty of my photos and looking at some crappy "professional shots"). (And, no, Leener, crap is not a bad word). Then on Friday, we visited the British Broadcasting Corporation aka the BBC aka the Beeb aka my favorite television channel.

THE BEEB

ME WITH A TARDIS!
(if you don't watch Doctor Who, this will not
excite you in any way)

Then we took off for Paris for the weekend. Which is an entirely different blog post. All in all a very busy week. Enjoy some of the sights on my Facebook album by clicking here (much more eloquent than I am). And, YES, I AM DOING SOCIAL MEDIA HOMEWORK! Go to my YouTube channel & check out some of the interviews I have done.

Ta for now!   kat