I was finally able to upload my photos from London, when I was in England for the AHRD
Conference in Oxford. I have not been able to include the descriptions of the photos, but at least I can now point people to the links of them.

As this was my first time in England, there are a few first-time visitor surprises I had. I was surprised:

1. to be in a European country and be able to speak English without first asking “M’excusez-vous, parlez-vous anglais?”
2. by how much like Paris London looked.
3. how many security cameras there are throughout the city, yet I still feel safer in New York City.
4. how good the food was.
5. how much I liked Harrod’s. We really don’t have anything similar to it in the US.
6. how Manhattan prices really are not so bad; in comparison, of course.
7. that the NYC subway system is really world-class.
8. to have had such a good time that I want to return (even though the recent car bombs were found on the day I traveled from Oxford to London).

I think I now understand Hyacinth Bucket and the Vicar of Dibley. Rule Britannia (though I suppose that is ironic coming from an American . . .)!

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