This area of central London is known as Bloomsbury. It is most famous for the the Bloomsbury Group, writers, artists, and philosophers who frequently met between 1907 — 1930 at the house of Virginia Woolf. The group began as a few recent Cambridge graduates & their closest friends who met weekly for drinks and conversation. Their anti-Victorian views were so strong that the word “Bloomsbury” became a common term suggesting a snobbish attitude.
This afternoon we’ll take a short walk to the British Museum to see the Pompeii exhibit.
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| A very nice little Greek cafe/coffee shop, just a couple of minutes walk from our hotel. Now that I mention it, there must be more than a dozen coffee shops within five minutes of our hotel, including several franchise shops, such as Costa, Pret A Manger, and Starbucks. |
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| Robin browses the shelves while we wait for a latte and a flat white. |
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| Next to the Greek cafe (the life goddess) is a Sicilian cafe. |
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The BT (British Telecom) Tower is a local landmark.
Or it could be an alien spaceship, like the one in Cowboys & Aliens. That would explain a lot. |
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| Detail from a nearby mural. |
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| Our room view. Looks like a dance studio from here (a big empty room). |
