Argghhh... the LIGHT!!!
So it is daylight here.... a LOT. The daylight is lovely, and I do love daylight, but it just comes so early!! At about 9:30 pm the light begins to fade and the sunsets are divine. After a couple of hours I'm happily asleep. And then, before I know it, my eyes have popped open to the sun gleaming through the windows. Only trouble is, it's only 4 am. Oy vey. I've been able to get a lot of reading done for my class though. That's good.
Yesterday I had a lovely time at St. Margaret's (a church beside Westminster) -- after a bit of trouble finding my way there. I got out at Victoria station, planning to meet some friends, but Victoria station is HUGE (it's also a railway centre) and so, without a map I plunged out in search of Big Ben (which is across the street from Westminster). I DID find Westminster CATHEDRAL (which is not the same thing) but had to keep wandering about. Eventually I found a bus ("Excuse me please, but does this bus go to Parliament??") and got to Westminster just in time to be late for the service (in which you can get into the church -- to worship of course -- for free). So I went next door. It was lovely, and the music was by Kodaly (yippeee!!).
Later I went with a friend to St. Paul's Cathedral and heard an organ concert (and sat in the choir loft -- WOW). Let me tell you, when the organist pulls out all the stops and wails on the keyboard in St. Paul's it is CRAZY awesome. The ringing after the final chord lasts for what seems like five minutes.
More later, gotta dash to class. :) h
Yesterday I had a lovely time at St. Margaret's (a church beside Westminster) -- after a bit of trouble finding my way there. I got out at Victoria station, planning to meet some friends, but Victoria station is HUGE (it's also a railway centre) and so, without a map I plunged out in search of Big Ben (which is across the street from Westminster). I DID find Westminster CATHEDRAL (which is not the same thing) but had to keep wandering about. Eventually I found a bus ("Excuse me please, but does this bus go to Parliament??") and got to Westminster just in time to be late for the service (in which you can get into the church -- to worship of course -- for free). So I went next door. It was lovely, and the music was by Kodaly (yippeee!!).
Later I went with a friend to St. Paul's Cathedral and heard an organ concert (and sat in the choir loft -- WOW). Let me tell you, when the organist pulls out all the stops and wails on the keyboard in St. Paul's it is CRAZY awesome. The ringing after the final chord lasts for what seems like five minutes.
More later, gotta dash to class. :) h
posted by peace out ~ wildflower at 8:43 AM
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