Hello! I'm back from a visit to London. I'd previously been to this fun city four times for work during my global role glory days, plus once for fun to meet with a friend (who didn't arrive) pre-COVID, so this was my sixth visit and my first since COVID.
My plans including meeting three pen pals (one well known to me, two new), taking long walks, going to museums, buying books, and dining.
My friend C booked our hotel we would share for the first three nights, though her flight was so delayed, she didn't arrive until the early hours Saturday. She booked it in East London, which has undergone significant redevelopment from an industrial wharf to a new, fashionable district. I was surrounded by new buildings, construction cranes, a futuristic City Hall, young men zipline waterskiing (!?!), and crowds in full costumes attending Comic Con! It was a bit surreal, but I joked to a man in a cape that I'll just pretend London is always like this.
