So, London

[gothwalk]

London is big. London is, in fact, unfeasably big. I am aware that there are larger cities, but they're more spread out, less dense, and generally less London-y.

We had a great weekend. We visited more museums than we should have, and got museumed out sometime on Sunday, just after the visit to the Victoria & Albert. I will actually pronounce mild sacrilige here and say that I think I prefer the V&A to the British Museum. The V&A, however, does not have the Reading Room, which is a temple to books.

I'm not going to attempt a blow by blow account; there was too much. Let me detail high points and loot.

High Points:
Being able to check in as soon as we arrived at the hotel, and getting a really nice room
British Museum Reading Room
Lord of the Rings exhibition in the Science Museum.
The Tube
Accidentally finding Coco de Mer
Being served breakfast by a girl called Achmayax, which is such a draconic name
Foyles Bookshop
Meeting bluedevi for coffee, pintage, etc.
People from a re-enactment group in the V&A
Baroque Music in St. Martin-in-the-Fields
London at night from the Jubilee footbridges

Loot:
Draconomicon
Midnight
Magic cards (I know, I know)
A book on Moorish military gear, for research for Sula, radegund's character in Kingfisher's Way
Some cigars
A very nice little leatherbound notebook



I'd forgotten how good bluedevi is at conversation. You have to come back to Dublin more often, dammit. A lot more often.

Comments

[silme.livejournal.com]

Foyles is evil to my wallet. But I love it.

And the V&A. Lots.