Wednesday...

Hung out in the British library (suprise) a ton today. Found a lot of stuff. Found about 12 letters that Elizabeth I wrote to James I when he was only king of Scotland (he would later succeed ELizabeth). These are letters that have never been published to my knowledge and did not make the edition of her Collected Works. Not sure if her editors just missed them or left them out for some reason. The script is so painfully hard to read. She is much older and writes in a wacky cursive. Thankfully some scribe made a copy of almost all of them and it is much easier to read but still difficult. They don't seem to say much except that Elizabeth is real sorry that she ordered James' momma's head chopped off. (Mary QUeen of Scots)

Actually she denies having anything to do with the deed. Mary Queen of Scots was her prisoner as she had tried to overthrow ELizabeth and take the crown of England. Her son James VI (later James I of England) became King of Scotland because she was in jail. Surprisingly I found a letter from James basically saying there were no hard feelings about his mother's execution. Amazing huh. I don't think they were real close. And it was to his advantage to keep Elizabeth as a loyal friend and cousin as he probably knew he was going to succeed her when she died.



Then I walked around and found Leceister Square (pronounced lester). I ate at Mr. Wu's Chinese restaurant right near CHina Town. It was a buffet and was awesome. Then I bought kristen and I theatre tickets for Wicked and for SPamalot. Very excited.

Then I walked my butt off again. I went to the National Gallery and saw many works of art that are in the Humanities Books. My favorite one was by a Mannerist named Tintoretto. It was of Jesus washing the disciples feet. It was awesome.



I actually ache I have walked so much. I really have nothing else to do. Walked along the river and saw Lambeth Palace where the Archbishop lives and by Downing Street where the Prime Minister lives. Then I walked back to where I live. Here's a couple of pics.





Leceister Square. People just buy food and sit in the
park and eat.


another shot of the square not sure why
I took this one. oh well.



My attempt at Photo Art with a 4.1 megapixel
camera. It really was a beautiful shot of
Westminster Palace (Parliament) through the trees.
Lots of streets in England but almost everywhere they
have a park to go with it and it has tons of people hanging out
playing football, or just relaxing. Love the English.
Cheers.