A new blog

I'm visiting central London at the moment in a vain attempt to remain employed. If things go well, I should be here until the end of June, minus a couple of trips back to Canada for the odd weekend here and there. If things go badly, I'll be back shortly ...

London is an interesting place. It really is the centre of the known universe: everything and everyone can be found here. It is truly fascinating just to wander about randomly in this city, especially from a born-and-bred small town Nova Scotian such as myself. I have a pay-and-go mobile phone with a camera, so that I can take pictures of things that catch my eye: many of these pictures may be found here.

I am living in Villiers Street near the Victoria Embankment, home of both Charles Dickens and Ben Franklin, about 2 minutes walk from Trafalgar Square and 5 minutes walk from Big Ben. A couple of really good jazz musicians frequent the street to gather change from passing tube passengers, and as I write this someone is belting out an Italian opera (I'd only be guessing as to which one).

I'm notoriously bad at remembering to keep my blog updated, but I will give it a shot this time as much as I can.

Cheers!