London - Speakers Corner, and Some Down Time

Sunday, the 28th, we spent the day in Hyde Park, Speakers Corner. Vee had an exchange with a Socialist orator, and I spent a good portion of my time hoping that the bald believer in metaphysics was going to have something interesting to say. Unfortunately, because of hecklers, most of the exchanges were reduced to rubbish. Once Vee and I caught up with each other, we did find one speaker that was quite good, and he was speaking about our need to put racist, elitist behaviors and thinking aside so that we as individuals could start acting as one. He was quite good at diffusing hecklers with a powerful wit, intellect and humor, and his message, was ultimately a positive one, though some of his rantings served to undercut his posturing. Having only a coffee, and a shared muffin earlier in the morning by the lake, we walked towards Covent Garden and ended up in a Garfunkels for dinner. In Covent Garden, we got to see some silly street performances, some street musicians, and a whole lot of arts, crafts, clothes, jewelry, etc. It was a gratifying day.

Monday the 29th, would just be a work day. However, we did go out for a proper English breakfast, and that was quite exciting (for me). My meal consistend of an over easy egg, ham, sausage, hash browns, baked beans and toast, while Vee, after having been denied both a bagel and a croissant due to the bank holiday interupting bakery deliveries, enjoyed a smoked salmon and creamed cheese on toasted whole wheat sandwich. The rest of the day, I clipped interesting news articles, read all of my accumulated newspapers and my book, while Vee worked on the newest videos for the website. We did get out for a late dinner break at Wagamama's, which is a noodle bar a few blocks from here. Poor Vee mis-ordered and got stuck with a spicy curry ramen noodle and chicken dish. My dish was delicious: a rice noodle, chicken and vegetable bowl and fried veggie dumplings. On the way back, we stopped into our favorite little corner market and got some more cookies and beer for the rest of the night.