After an already amazing day filled with classes, a Cricket Match, and Abbey Road, we did the Bloomsbury walk. I thought it would be fun to lead it, even though I have already led one, because of the Brunswick group. While I am not Virginia Woolfe's greatest fan, I appreciate her work and wanted to see the literary hub where she and other contemporaries wrote some of the greatest modern art of England. Her tragic life was filled with insight on human life, written in a revolutionary style. Unfortunately, the area that spawned such great writing has been turned into a commercial district. There is a large Brunswick shopping centre that is massive and enticing. I was impressed by it, but disappointed that the area that was once known as the publishing centre of London has almost altogether disappeared. This walk was more difficult to navigate than I had imagined because there was a large construction project near Brunswick square. However, we persevered and managed to do the entire walk. I particularly enjoyed finding one of Dicken's homes. This one was where he wrote The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and Nicholas Nickleby. It amazes me that every turn in London brings the discovery of another famous Londoner's home. I love reading the small blue circles that seem to be on every street. The walk ends with the British Museum, and that is the perfect place to pose (see the picture above). I am excited to visit the Museum in the next couple of days. I really cannot get enough of London.
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