Travel
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Trellick Tower, A Brutalist Wonder Caught from a Passing Train
We were on a train from Slough this afternoon and I spotted this: A Brutalist bookend-er of a building. I did a Street View search and found the name of it, and then the Wikipedia page for Trellick Tower. Stuff: There is an entry once every two floors is because each flat is a duplex It…
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Fish; Chips
We went to The Laughing Halibut today for fish, chicken, & chips, as well as a walkabout in Westminster Abbey. Oscar Romero is honored there as one of the 20th Century Martyrs whose statues were placed in 1998 above the Great West Door of the Abbey. All hail. Also did a Jack The Ripper tour, which was…
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Speeding Past Human Efforts at Migration
Today we traveled back by Chunnel to London. There is great drama in Calais, as people seek somehow to get through and be in England, which they perceive as the best place for them to be. Comfort can often be placed right next to the opposite of comfort. Here’s the video of our day:
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Watching The Wedding Feast at Cana
There was much that we liked about this epic painting. The playful stick-in-the-eye at Catholic dogma. The dogs themselves. And the fundamental belief in the miracle. Here’s the video for the whole day:
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Paris City Sketches
Today we sat in front of the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe and sketched what we saw. Here’s a video of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jK3LvJJRw