Alice in Wonderland

I am at the moment sitting in my hotel room in Paddington. It is 8: 48 pm and full day light. The last few days in London have been just amazing. All by myself, I have been, I don't want to use the word roaming, but yes literally I have been doing that on the streets of London. Courtesy myself:) and the brilliant bus service of London, I know almost every street of Central London. I decided to carry the map and find places worth seeing on my own and boy! I found Hyde Park, Madame Taussads, Selfriges, Hamleys, Harrods and Leicester Square. Also, the first day, when I reached London, I took the Heathrow Express and it took me to Paddington in 15 minutes. I think it is the fastest train service. Even if not, it is like a genie for me that would now take me directly to the Airport. I just love the transport system of UK. And....also.... I am very pleased with myself:), have given a pat on my back and also given myself an 'A' for good direction sense. On the third day of my trip, I took a sight seeing tour. Saw everything I had always wanted to see.

Now, enough, back to work. So, tube from Paddington to Kings Cross and the Capital Connect from Kings cross to Letchworth. Courtesy Letworth, I have seen the beautiful countryside of the UK. Totally disconnected from everything, being all alone in all together different world is something I am quite relishing:):). I feel like my mum, my lovely mum, when I am travelling back on the tube. I am thinking about what to have/buy for dinner. Another pastime is searching for Indian restaurants. Yesterday, found one and honestly, have never been so happy to see vegetable biryani:). Well, I have also realised that I have buckets of stamina. I walk, I don't know how many miles, with my laptop, everyday; and at the end of the day, I am not tired.
and I am eating all kinds of junk these days and I don't know if the scales in my room are right, if yes, then, I have gained weight.....I am not me!. I told this to my sis, she refuted my claim of having gained 5 kg.....her very obvious retort was... this is not possible, atleast not for you:(

Pardon me, if this looks like I am on a self praising spree:) I am just innocently pleased. See, I am usually a very modest person:)

fascinations

I was at the Embassy yesterday, waiting to get my visa. There, I saw an old couple. The gentleman was quiet and patient. His wife was very active and totally in command. She was handling everything from the file of documents to the sacred book of the Sikhs. When they were called, she started giving instructions to her husband on how to go about the biometrics. She helped him in getting up, gathered him and took him to the counter, again repeating the instructions. I suppressed my smile. I wrote a few lines (what to do, old couples always fascinate me); here they are......

I saw us yesterday,
In that old couple,
You were calm but somewhat tired,
I asked, how you were,
You were silent, did not answer
I asked, how’s life,
You looked into my eyes but did not answer
I said you are now old,
you laughed and retorted…you are older:)