london

i finished my chapter last night and sent it off to my supervisor. ok, i realise it is not FINISHED, but i reached the point where i had written what i had to say at leas for the moment, and now it can sit a bit before i go back to it and change things about again. so this morning, completely unaware that a major bomb had just been diffused by specialists in the very centre of the city, i decided to go for a walk.
i dont know london as well as i should given how much time i have been here. i know london, budapest and moscow much better. the fact that i spent 2 months unemployed in paris one summer helped, with nothing to do i walked all over the place. but here my life is about shuttling between the library and my job and i fear i dont see much of the city outside these two places. that is something i greatly regret though, and i dream of a time when deadlines arent on top of me and i can walk where and when i please. but today i felt that i had the right to do as i pleased, and so i headed for a stroll around mayfair, which according to the book i grabbed from work, is where the Queen buys her underwear (on Conduit street apparently) and where King Jefri, the sultan of Brunei's brother, has sex parties that feature up to 50 prostitutes. it is also a favourite haunt for wealthy russians. actually i would say the area is heavily russian and arab populated.....sort of like the area around les champs in paris. so i walked around the mansion blocks and the synagogue with the intention of getting to know the place better....but then i fear i got sidetracked by the 50% off sale going on selfidges, and it was there that my good intentions got sidetracked by my shopping demons....and into the place i went...
but my struggle to get to know london must continue, i am not yet satisfied with my ability to find things here!