on our first two outings into london town the heavens decided to open to give us a truly british welcome. we were not deterred, however! the first day craig took us around...
piccadilly circus
buckingham palace
trafalgar square and more.
the second day troy and i joined the hoardes of tourists aboard the 'big bus' tours around the city. we sat up top in the open air and once again felt the rain come down. it was good for orientation and quite interesting, despite the bad jokes about the beatles and jack the ripper. we stopped at london tower, a big castle in the middle of the city, site of many a royal intrigue. we had lunch in a park where apparantly henry the eighth had some of his wives executed. it was so romantic.
we had coffee in st katherines docks where these old-school sailing ships were docked in these enclosed little inlets. we climbed the tower bridge (or rather took an elevator but climbing sounds so much more adventurous) and took a river tour of the thames where we were again rained upon. but it was FUN goddammit!
afterwards we caught the tail end of the swp marxism 2006 conference, a panel on radical filmaking with ken loach. it was great to hearing him talk about his films (and discovering the origin of the iso's brit accent). watched land and freedom again afterwards, a damn fine film that no matter how many times i watch leaves me with new questions about the spanish civil war to ponder...
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