“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful ” This is the quote I saw outside a pub last Saturday. It was written in chalk and reminded me of the ‘thought for the day’ that we used to write in our school. The parallels are obvious, both are places of learning. I wondered which drunk would be sensible enough to put such a beautiful thought and upon googling I realized that the drunk is actually a very famous drunk and goes by the name William Morris.
The quote was not the only interesting thing I saw/heard that Saturday.
· I heard 2 joggers talk in Kannada on the Tower Bridge. That was indeed a pleasant surprise and I suddenly had this craving for hot-hot idly-sambar.
· Saw the awe-inspiring London attractions like Tower bridge, St. Paul’s cathedral, Trafalgar square(pity there are no more pigeons), National Gallery, Big ben, Queens Walk and London Eye.
· On the way back I heard a bloody braggart, who went non-stop , claim at one point in the conversation that he was a very modest man.
· Saw a Pablo Picasso painting and the famous Van Gogh sunflowers in the National Gallery.
· Got completely and totally lost trying to find my way to Trafalgar square. Walked for a couple of hours before I could find it.
After 11 hours of being outside and close to 5 hours of walking, I finally reached home dog-tired. Thankfully had chapattis and potato subzi left-over from the previous day. Here are a few pics from my walkathon.
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