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<\/a>The Soaring Splendour of St Paul’s<\/p><\/div>\n
Fresh air! That would do the trick! And some paracetamol (Paracetamol, for the uninformed, is what people in Europe call acetaminophen. Hmm, a quick aside: You, dear reader, are now equipped for my European joke (not a joke about Europeans, silly! A joke I can tell in Europe that I can\u2019t in Canada). Why don\u2019t Pirates have headache medicine? Because the parrots ate \u2018em all)! I didn\u2019t really have anything planned for the afternoon, so I decided to go to the Greenwich Observatory and view the Longitude Punk\u2019d exhibit. I managed to get there, despite dozing half the time, but my headache had begun to subside, and there was much rejoicing. And then I remembered that they usually put observatories on the tops of hills, and they did in this instance. So I ate Robin\u2019s minstrels to give me the energy to get up there.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Aptly parked near the Longitude Punk’d exhibit<\/p><\/div>\n
The Longitude Punk\u2019d exhibit was a treat! Ha! The devices were to a piece, totally awesome. The write-ups for them made me actually lol. Yes, that\u2019s right, I raised my arms for them. The best write-ups were for things that were part of the regular longitude exhibit (I\u2019ve been to the Observatory with Boj at least once, and I remember seeing the paintings before) but the captions were golden. Outside the exhibit lay the prime meridian line. The line to go stand on it wrapped all the way around the courtyard. I considered waiting to go, but as I said I\u2019ve been before, so I didn\u2019t feel such a draw to it. And anyway, I crossed the meridian inside the observatory, so there.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>An example of a rewritten caption. I believe the painting is actually “Encounter with the Icebergs” or something like that.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ludicrous lines at places I\u2019ve been. This became a theme for the rest of the day. A theme I nipped early so I didn\u2019t have a disappointing day. Nipped after my second mega-line, this time at St. Paul\u2019s. I\u2019d been so moved by my memories of Firewatch, as described by Connie, that I wanted to see it again. The line to get in, four people thick, went out the door. I managed to squeeze into the \u201cfree\u201d area for a bit, then left. Instead I went to the Museum of London, which didn\u2019t have a line, and was totes amazing. I could have, and did, spend the entire rest of the afternoon there, leaving only when I got the boot for closing time. I did manage to see it all, though, so good.<\/p>\n
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