A Short Trip to London

When all else fails, go to London even if it is only for artistic inspiration. Covent Gardens is one of my favorite places to visit. If you are looking for something in particular to purchase, chances are you will find it here among the many dozens of shops and merchandisers. Plus, there are many other sites to see here such as jugglers, unicyclists and flame swallowers. Stop by at night to see an opera or a play. All in all, it is a very lovely place even if humanity abounds in a concentrated area.

The Royal Exchange is another fascinating area to visit comparable to the American Wall Street. They say the area of the Royal Exchange is the most highly monitored area in the world. Supposedly there is no place you can go in this area of London that escapes a camera monitor's view. Pretty high tech stuff but the paradox is that it still completely fits Dickins' description of it in "A Christmas Carol". That is the beauty of London. Modernism among antiquity. My anglo roots are showing, aren't they?