After only getting four hours of sleep last night, and spending a full day wandering around the Museum of London and the city itself, I must admit that I'm in the mood to retire. Maybe permanently, if it were a possibility, but since I'm studying at university, I will contain my lethargy for the night that lies before me and the tomorrow that lacks any definitive plans.
I was going to write today about the value of boldness, of slowness, of contradiction and of balancing all of these things to make for a life that never feels wasteful. But instead I'm going to share pictures. Because when you're thinking a million thoughts at once, sometimes it's good to just write a bunch of captions.
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My friend Dana, who is studying in Scotland at the moment, came to visit and as we walked through Regent's Park we saw these two cute older women walking past a fountain. |
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The walk had us encountering dozens of dogs as well, but this beagle stood out in particular. |
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We took a ride on a spinny park ride-of-sorts. |
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Then got closer to Camden Market...which this statue is not looking toward. |
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At Camden we saw clothing, jewelry, trinkets and Winnie the Pooh luggage. |
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We also saw pigeons beating each other up to get to some un-discarded food products left behind by market-goers. |
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After heading all over the city to see the sights, we walked toward Parliament. Eventually we ended the night with Facebook creeping and general long-time-no-see friend fun. |
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The next morning we waited in Leicester Square to meet our friend Danielle. |
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This was their first reunion since the end of the school year in June. |
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After the hugs were done and tickets were purchased for Singin' in the Rain (which we saw in the evening), we walked around Trafalgar Square where there was a Japanese festival afoot. |
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People did fascinating exercises and taught us how to count to eight in Japanese (I already knew how, but that's beside the point). |
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Once we'd had lunch, we walked to Covent Garden and Dana had her palm read by a "psychic." No photos could be taken, but here are some shirts on sale at the place. |
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We went into a café and took a silly mirror photo. |
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Then a few hours later, before seeing Singin' in the Rain, we grabbed some dessert at a local Patisserie. |
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But before the night was over, there was love and excitement in the air. And I captured it, perhaps slightly voyeuristically, but only out of sheer admiration for the beauty of the bride's dress. |
I hope this gave you some idea of the wonderful weekend I had with friends. They provided love, happiness, fun, distractions and excitement to my London life. I walk away from the experience feeling refreshed, renewed and ready to battle all of life's unanswerable questions - that's what this blog is for, after all.
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