Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The next day, Sunday, we decided to do the tourist stuff that you have to do, just so you can say you did it. We started out at the London Bridge and I have one thing to say about that bridge, "They made a song about that one?" Well it must have been something before it fell because it's not much of anything right now. It is however, next to the Tower Bridge, which is the more visually striking and well-known of the two, without the lyrics. We walked along the footpath of the River Thames which carried us past the milennium bridge, Waterloo bridge, past Shakespeare's Globe theatre and onto Westminster where a huge myth in my life was shattered. Much to my disappointment, there is no round about where Chevy Chase told his children, "Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament" I looked all over for it and could not find it. Well, that's not entirely true, we sat at one corner of the building and looked around, saw that there were simply way too many people to enjoy anything and we took off, back to the more quiet neighborhood.
The rest of the trip was more shops, streets, pubs and restaurants. With one stop in Finsbury Park to check out Wes' old neighborhood, I will send some pics tomorrow and try to get a link here. I thought that his neighborhood was quite similar to the neighborhood K and I lived in in Brooklyn, Park Slope.
By the time Thursday came about we were more than ready to get back to Finland. It was certainly a long 6 days, followed by 2 days at the summer cottege and completed by a Stevie Wonder show at Pori Jazz. Summer cottege was very relaxing and although it rained in every square meter around the lake, it very rarely rained on us. Pori was nice, but the concert was a let down. It didn't seem like...I don't know, there just wasn't much energy and funk to it. But it was fun to see him there and to watch the crazy Finns jam like Stevie.
Now it's 2 weeks of down time and the next big thing is the Air Guitar Championships where I will have two friends from the States participating in the event, one as reigning world champion and the other as a visiting judge. No conspiracy theories please.
hb rigging a competition.
The rest of the trip was more shops, streets, pubs and restaurants. With one stop in Finsbury Park to check out Wes' old neighborhood, I will send some pics tomorrow and try to get a link here. I thought that his neighborhood was quite similar to the neighborhood K and I lived in in Brooklyn, Park Slope.
By the time Thursday came about we were more than ready to get back to Finland. It was certainly a long 6 days, followed by 2 days at the summer cottege and completed by a Stevie Wonder show at Pori Jazz. Summer cottege was very relaxing and although it rained in every square meter around the lake, it very rarely rained on us. Pori was nice, but the concert was a let down. It didn't seem like...I don't know, there just wasn't much energy and funk to it. But it was fun to see him there and to watch the crazy Finns jam like Stevie.
Now it's 2 weeks of down time and the next big thing is the Air Guitar Championships where I will have two friends from the States participating in the event, one as reigning world champion and the other as a visiting judge. No conspiracy theories please.
hb rigging a competition.
// posted by Howard @ 9:09 PM 
