Making Judgements

As a forward- I must apologize for the photos posted and lack of photos. The previous photo is of the Blackfriar's Bridge and bridge construction. The beach is the one where Donna and I found artifacts and bones from previous centuries. But it was not the photo that I had hoped to post. I realize that writing a blog overseas is full of compromises. I was able to hook up my camera at the Internet cafe, and see numbered icons but was not able to see what photo that I was posting. So I took a guess from hundreds of photos, where the one that I wanted would be. It was very close to the photo that I had wanted for the previous entry. Also you may realize that my blog is late in appearing. Let me tell you that it is several days after the day that I am writing about. I will not tell you how far behind that I am, but I am behind.

Thursday, June 11

Just the day before we went dining at a wonderful resturant on the South Bank in the Oxo Building- top floor with a lovely view of the Themes. A wealthy American family was having dinner nearby. I heard them say something to the waiter about not having much time for dinner and that they had to catch a show at 7:30. I thought "ugly Americans" rushing down their dinner in a nice place like this. The next day June 11th we had just spent the afternoon at the Tower of London- I recommend it (especially the exhibit in the Norman Castle about the armour of Henry VIII. (I would skip the torture chamber.) We walked down the South Bank looking for a place to eat right before (Let's say 80 minutes) before the show we were to see at the National Theater. We took a walk across the Tower Bridge, then a little down the bank of the river. (Subtract 15 more minutes.)

We chose a comfortable French cafe and ordered our meal. The meal included an appetizer, main dish and dessert. By the time we were finished and paid the check, we had ten minutes to run ( a 15 minute walk) to catch our show. Breathless we entered the theater, to the announcement that the doors were about to close. (Noone let in during the show.)We bypassed "will call" just to see if they would give us seats- ours were the cheap ones on the third floor- We had then to go to the second floor to pick up the tickets and back up to the third floor. Yes, we made it barely. But I thought about those rushing Americans the night before.