A little more time.
Well to recap as I wait for a last redeback from my chef...
Bratislava turned out to be a beautiful city (aren't they always?) as I prepared to gear up for my numerous flights into London Heathrow and then out of it after a day there.
Let me just say that London is city so steeped in history...I loved it. My friend once went there and came back and told me London is like New York but not as cool. Au contraire, I found London to be like New York, but much cooler (sorry New Yorkers)...there is so much to see and so much history there, it's hard enough to see everything in weeks, let alone a single day. So, I did my best, knowing I'll be heading back there one day. I saw the Tower of London (magnificent!)--where I saw on display Japanese armor given as a present to King Henry VIII (I believe) by George Saris. This was especially cool because I had just read a book this summer on Williams Adams, the English explorer who became a royal retainer or hatamoto to the Shogun Hidetado in Japan. Since I've read up quite a lot of extraneous information on that period of history, previous to and after it, it was really really unbelieveable to see a physical embodiement (well, emthingyment) of something I'd just read about. I also saw Buckingham Palace, Westminster, Parliament, Big Ben, London Bridge (that song was stuck in my head for hours)...
It was absolutely psychotic trying to get into Marrakesh, and after two hours of delay I finally got in at around midnight.
Well, I've got to run to the bank. Today I'm looking at palaces, the medina and the shouk.
Some parting thoughts. Thank G-d I am half Iranian and thank G-d I speak French. That is all for now.
Bratislava turned out to be a beautiful city (aren't they always?) as I prepared to gear up for my numerous flights into London Heathrow and then out of it after a day there.
Let me just say that London is city so steeped in history...I loved it. My friend once went there and came back and told me London is like New York but not as cool. Au contraire, I found London to be like New York, but much cooler (sorry New Yorkers)...there is so much to see and so much history there, it's hard enough to see everything in weeks, let alone a single day. So, I did my best, knowing I'll be heading back there one day. I saw the Tower of London (magnificent!)--where I saw on display Japanese armor given as a present to King Henry VIII (I believe) by George Saris. This was especially cool because I had just read a book this summer on Williams Adams, the English explorer who became a royal retainer or hatamoto to the Shogun Hidetado in Japan. Since I've read up quite a lot of extraneous information on that period of history, previous to and after it, it was really really unbelieveable to see a physical embodiement (well, emthingyment) of something I'd just read about. I also saw Buckingham Palace, Westminster, Parliament, Big Ben, London Bridge (that song was stuck in my head for hours)...
It was absolutely psychotic trying to get into Marrakesh, and after two hours of delay I finally got in at around midnight.
Well, I've got to run to the bank. Today I'm looking at palaces, the medina and the shouk.
Some parting thoughts. Thank G-d I am half Iranian and thank G-d I speak French. That is all for now.
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