OF MY CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM
Note from Sarah
I am experimenting with photo essays to document my London trip.
I may write more another time, but I caught COVID on the journey home and have limited capacity at the moment.
This feels like something I might have done in 2013 so maybe it’s reclaiming a lost art.
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Sometimes it’s hard to disentangle what’s actually impossible and what just seems that way.
This is your PSA that mums don’t need permission to have time and space to ourselves. We just need a bit of support and cooperation.
The flights both ways were a total bloody disaster and I lost 2 whole days to them. 🫠
On the plane I listened to Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and Pyramids by Terry Pratchett.
I’ve never slept on a plane, but I was so exhausted I dozed in and out of both.
I also started reading Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson, but quickly grew too tired and overstimulated to concentrate. (I finished it since coming home and it’s one of my favorite short stories he’s written.)
I got through the worst of the overnight layover laughing at this podcast episode What Was Going On In The Middle Ages? with Dr. Janina Ramirez & Jonathan Van Ness. Heads up for language. I couldn’t have listened to this one with Davy or he’s be swearing like a sailor.
I ended up flying in to London the next morning seated near singer Myles Smith & his touring band / crew. If you like acoustic music with British accents check it out.
When I finally arrived it was 12 hours after planned and I had to take a bus because of Tube shortages. It was past 1 am when I finally reached the hotel.
28 hours after leaving home. 🫠
Japan Myths to Manga at the Young V&A
Brick Lane
RSC’s My Neighbor Totoro
Covent Garden
Trafalgar Square
St. Martins (where I did brass rubbing)
Hadestown (I did a thread for my WoT fam here.)
Kew Gardens
Oxfam & Oxfam Books (Brits call thrift stores charity shops and they are a great place for inexpensive souvenirs.)
Transport for London Museum Gift Shop
Young V&A Giftshop
Totoro & Hadestown Gift Shops
Nandos
The Albert’s Deli (in Richmond)
Bills (great for a full English breakfast)
Greggs (cheeky bacon cheese wrap)
The Approach Tavern (near Whitechapel - amazing Sticky Toffee pudding)
Paul (French bakery chain and not as good as Greggs to be honest)
Round Table (pub near Covent Garden)
and a picnic at Kew Gardens.
a London bus
Elizabeth Line
District Line
Piccadilly Line
Overground
This post was cut short because I caught COVID, but I have lots more to say about this trip. Maybe I’ll circle back to it after I recover.
Meanwhile sharing what I have managed to get down.