Monday, July 21, 2009Windsor and London With Llew on vacation, we are taking it easy in the mornings—waking late, breakfasting at leisure, showering and dressing as if we have the entire day ahead of us—which we do! However, I did want to make a day of it in Windsor; so without wasting too much time,…
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The Tower of London and Dinner at Lahore Kebab House in Whitechapel
Sunday, July 19, 2009London It being Sunday, Llew and I decided to go for Service to the Church of St. Peter in Chains which is one of the royal chapels of her Majesty the Queen located inside the precincts of the Tower of London on Tower Hill. We ate a cereal breakfast at home, then…
Welcome Back to London Llew! And Dinner with Friends at Moro
Saturday, July 18, 2009London I awoke at 6. 30 am, switched on my PC and received the disappointing news from Sylvia in Canada and Chriselle in New York that Llew’s flight had been delayed –by four hours!!!! I was devastated–not just because it meant that he would now only arrive at Heathrow at noon, and,…
Sauntering in Salisbury! Seeing the Magna Carta and Constable’s Iconic View.
Friday, July 17, 2009Salisbury, Wiltshire The ancient town of Salisbury is in Wiltshire, west of London, an area filled with renowned tourist attractions such as Stonehenge, Stourhead Gardens, the Georgian city of Bath and Avebury. But somehow, I had simply not managed to get there even though its cathedral is definitely worth a visit. Awaking…
Freud Museum, Regent’s Park Open Air Theater, Hounslow & Richmond
Thursday, July 16. 2009London Featuring prominently on my List of Things To-Do in London was the Freud Museum and I am amazed that I have waited so long to see it. Five years ago, this would probably have been my first stop in London as I was steeped in Freudian theories as I was researching…
Incredible Jude Law as Hamlet at the Wyndham and a Walk in Soho
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 London Probably the strain of everything I have to do in these last few days is wearing me down because I am waking up too early again–today at 6. 30 am. Still, it gave me a chance to tidy up my room which now (with all my packing and discarding of…
A Funeral in Lewisham
Wednesday, July 14, 2009London My day started at 6. 30 am as I checked email and proof read my blog before calling my parents and brother Russel in Bombay. I also continued working on my Oxford Lecture and made steady progress on it until I decided to stop for breakfast (cereal and milk) and a…
More Archival Research at Kew and Seeing the Domesday Book
Monday, July 13, 2009London I did not have a good night at all. Was awfully restless, then awoke at 3. 30 am with a headache. Took a pill for it and tried to get back to sleep but tossed incessantly feeling hot and cold within five minute intervals. I finally gave up at 5. 45…
An Anglo-Indian Bash in Wembley
Sunday, July 12, 2009London With just one interview left to be transcribed, I awoke at 7. 30 and decided to finish it up–but that was after I read some Potter–the last novel is taking me longer to go through than the previous one. Then I was grabbing a bit of cereal and a mango, showering,…
An English Historian of the Raj and More Archival Research at Kew
Saturday, July 11, 2009London While the rest of the world snoozed and had a lazy weekend lie-in, I awoke at the crack of dawn, read some more Potter, then showered, breakfasted and left my flat to catch the many buses that would take me to Wandsworth where I had an appointment with an Englishwoman who…