I started off the day at one of my favorite places in London, Westminster Abbey, then took in the "London 1753" exhibit at the British Museum. (I also bought a book while I was there, although I nearly fainted at the shipping charge.) After that, I wound up being on the Tube for a while, exploring here and there, before finishing off the day by picking up my train tickets to get to the conference.   ¶ 9:59 AM

  In case you're wondering where on earth the blog went: let's just say we had a wee bit of difficulty with my account. So here we go again. The links will be reposted shortly after I get back from the UK. (Why, yes, I'm in the UK. No, I haven't bought a lot of books--too many booksellers refuse to ship to the US.)

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