Paris, Paris!

The Wallace Collection

Lots of period objects and paintings, including the rococco "The Swing" painted by Fragonard

James' apt.

Another period museum, also known as James' apartment.

Tuesday

room circa 1780's


chair circa 1925

Tuesday James and I went to the Geffrye Museum (the museum of the home) where they have several rooms and objects from different time periods. Then we walked around East London for a while, although the names of the distinct areas escape me.

ya ya London

In the neighborhood around the park, a lot of the townhouses (called terrace apartments) have these old tiled walkways



My new car

Yesterday I met James at his apt. in Queen's Park, an area of London. James is very into 50's/60's objects and culture and I his apartment is exactly the way I expected it to be.

We took the bus to Notting Hill and walked along the high street (that means that it's the main street in that area with all of the shops and the like), picked up some pizza by the slice, and on the way back walked through a small park that has a "quiet area" (pictured).

First foray into London

Parliament (I considered getting someone to take my photo with this is the background, but I decided against it)

That small black door is where the Prime Minister lives.

Police Memorial I thought was nice.

Intricate gates around Buckingham Palace.




I went into London for the first time yesterday. I hit up the must-see's including Buckingham Palace (the queen was in), the Westminster Bridge, Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Big Ben, and I ate lunch in the upstairs (called the Opera Room) of a pub, which was really really nice. They also had one of my favorite beers on tap..

Didn't see any riots but I did see many police vans all with sirens on heading in the same direction...

My friend James comes back into town tonight so I think that on Monday I'm going to head over and spend at least a couple of days with him so I don't have to take the train every day (it's a pretty long train ride).

Huntingdon

This is the town where Betsy lives (ish). This is the center of town and she lives on the outskirts, so I take a bus to get to the center of town and from there, a train to London. Some photos of Huntingdon.