Sabbatical Day 15: London, getting my groove back
I lived in Chicago for 40 years. I was an experienced city person, navigating public transportation and figuring my way around traffic and neighborhoods like a pro. I know people do the same thing with London. The tax drivers yesterday are prime examples of people who know a city inside and out. I will never ever know London that way. Not like I knew Chicago and not like the taxi drivers I’ve had. BUT. And this is a big one for me. I figured out some of the bus routes I can take to get to where I wanted to go today and where I want to go tomorrow. It felt so good to have a little tiny sense of how things work here. The bus line from the hotel to the BlackFriar bridge (#63 bus) is a direct line from my hotel to walking distance to things like St. Paul’s Cathedral, the London Bridge, and the Tower of London. I’ll take the same bus tomorrow and then walk or, catch bus #11 to the area of Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abby. I plan to spend the day in that area, seeing the sites and ...