21 October, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I had a fling with Paris last week, but now I’m back to loving London. It’s not that I stopped loving London, but when something is a part of your everyday life you have to work a bit harder to see what’s so wonderful about it. A walk across Waterloo Bridge always makes me swoon. I cross this bridge quite often and the view never ceases to give me goosebumps. On one side you’ve got St. Paul’s and the City, on the other side Big Ben, Parliament and the London Eye. Being on Waterloo Bridge is like finding yourself trapped inside a giant picture postcard. It’s one of my favorite places in London and it’s the perfect spot for watching the sunset. I love watching the sunset from Waterloo Bridge so much that a friend says whenever he thinks of me, that song Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks pops into his head. [I've never heard this song!]

All the photos in this post were taken from Waterloo Bridge last night. The photo above makes London look very Italian, doesn’t it? On Flickr I called it “London Italianate.”

In addition to the amazing sunset on Saturday night, I’ve had quite a lovely weekend. I went to the opera and the theatre (more on that soon!), I had a long lazy brunch with friends, took a walk along the South Bank (with a break at a riverside café for carrot cake) and attended a get-together to watch the Rugby World Cup, where not one person could explain any of the rules of rugby. A guy I know also proposed marriage, but that’s a long story.

So as you can see, yours truly has been living it up. Yours truly also has meetings with her two PhD supervisors a week from tomorrow and yours truly is way behind on her work. Looks like it’s time to stop flitting around London and get cracking on the schoolwork, eh? I’m trying to be good and read this afternoon, but I keep thinking it would be more fun to go to Regent’s Park. No, no, must resist temptation…

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1. Nicole Says:

   October 21st, 2007 at 5:18 pm

   Those views are some of my favourite things about London.

2. Vol Abroad Says:

   November 3rd, 2007 at 3:13 pm

   It’s a great song, but I can’t find an MP3 of it to rip. Before Napster got shut down, I tried and tried.

3. jen Says:

   November 4th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

   The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

   ask and ye shall receive! it’s a great song.

4. Anglofille Says:

   November 4th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

   wow! thanks jen! i’m not sure how you always find all this music. what a fantastic song. awww, it gave me chills. i love it.

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