Gabry and I had a great time in London. It didn't go precisely as we planned...it went even better than either of us could've imagined. I think the success of the trip was based on my simple plans: fly over, see Barra's performance, go to the Tate Modern, go see Equus, fly back. What really happened was that we changed out of our terrible hotel on Saturday morning, splurged on a really nice hotel and then walked around London for most of the day before taking a quick rest to be ready for the show. In our walk we started in Covent Garden, walked through Leicester Square and Soho, down to Piccadilly Circus and Westminster to the edge of St. James Park where we discovered the Institute for Contemporary Arts (which has an amazing bookshop). We then walked through Trafalgar Square, down to Big Ben (which is breathtaking from across the street), across the Thames, past the Aquarium and the BA London Eye and the Dali sculptures, across the Jubilee Bridge and back to our hotel.
Yes, we were very tired. We stopped and had our picture taken with a street performer (I'll post that one once I get the pictures from Gabry).
We had a really nice trip. It was good to both see Barra (and to meet his parents) and to spend time just the two of us, chatting about life, London, and the amazing and insightful papers we could write from the inspirations of the trip.
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