I was just thinking of sitting down and catching you all up on Washington…etc etc but an idea popped in my head…. so, I thought I would follow that lead…we are now in Newcastle upon Tyne, staying at a friend of Kirstin’s - another Heather(actually we had 3 Heathers here last night for dinner so poor Glenn was a tad overwhelmed) it is a cloudy coldish day and we are staying in - to rest up and just vege out a bit… all the walking in NY, Philly, Washington and London has taken it’s toll…anyway, I digress..
I was saying to Glenn that it has been the “unexpected” that has been the most pleasing bits of our journey….when we go somewhere, and see or find something that we didn’t expect to see or do…..it has brought us the most pleasure…. for instance, on Tuesday, we went into London on the tube, got off at the wrong station…walked alongside the Thames towards the ferry terminal, got our tickets adn with time to spare, thoguht we’d walk over and “do” Westminster Abbey…but no, our London Pass did not cover that and we didn’t feel like paying £10 each to see inside….so, bought a coffee and walked back to the ferry…..up the river we go, planning to see the Cutty Sark…arrive in Greenwich, walking in the rain, searching for the boat…..what#s this ? the exhibition is closed, it burnt down /?*$… what do we do now ? ah well, there’s a chapel over there we could look in…. oh my goodness, look at that amazing painted domed ceiling, man, how did they do that ? and wots this, a 12 piece orchestra playing Straus ? lets sit a while and enjoy the music…. see what I mean ? we so enjoyed that day in the end, even though we never intended to see or do any of it. Perhaps this is a clue to enjoying life - don’t plan too much but simply enjoy what comes our way - be flexible enough to go with the flow and wow, life is good.
