To Talk of Many Things

I have only one week left before flying back home-ward over the Atlantic Ocean.

In which I intend to fully soak up London (and a bit of Brittany), its endearing quirks, museums, parks, shopping (within reason) and most of all, fantastic smart wonderful people!

I treated myself to a little West End musical you may have heard of - "Billy Elliot" at the Victoria Palace Theatre. My favourite scenes were the tap-dancing number Billy puts on to express his anger over his family's rejection of his ballet-dancing, as well as the superb and seemless back-and forth dance between the young ballerina students, the miners and the police men.

 I also managed to check a few things off my "London To-Do List", namely the
Colombia Road Flower Market, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington.  The Flower Market is particularly lively on Sunday mornings as the barrow boys shout out " a fiver for an orchid! prettiern' your mudder-in-law" and surrounding local shops sell anything from Union Jack tea cosies to glazed ceramic bowls made in Thailand.
The V&A is also quite lively although the crowd tends to be more international-tourist than local/hipster. I enjoyed the Fashion over the ages exhibition, as well as the ceramics and chinoiseries.

Victoria and Albert Museum: Fashion

Victoria and Albert: Chinoiserie

Colombia Road Flower Market

Colombia Road Flower Market!

"Window shopping" for flowers

I've also been to see the Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre, as well as to various dinner parties in order to bid adieu to my dear friends in London. Many people have already left, others are staying in the UK to pursue phDs or look for employment. I really look forward to following everyone's career and life paths, as we trudge forward on the journey of Life...

Many hugs, and as always, remember to "keep calm, and carry (ceilidh) on"!
Mia