Getting to know you , the health system that is

We arrived Monday morning and walking was not fun.

Pretty much discomfort with each step. When I had received massage treatment at home that had helped immensely.

So I found a phisotherapist and saw her that afternoon.She was very through and I was walking better.

Had dinner on the way home, but the walk back to the hotel after dinner was not good.

Very restless night, Marlina helped me get the insurance underway and found a very nice Md atPrincess Grace Hospital.

He changed my meds to some that were a little stronger and we discussed that it will take some time for the inflamed nerve to “settle down “

We had a nice breakfast on a sidewalk cafe in the Marleybone neighborhood. Quiet streets with lots of people walking and riding to and fro. We then took the tube to find artist David Hockneys exhibit at the Lightroom in Lewis Cubitt Square, which was an industrial section that has been completely redone with great architecture,lots of walk ways, gardens, small pools and fountains for kids to play in.

It was so relaxing to just walk about and enjoy the atmosphere.

The Hockney exhibit “Bigger and closer,( not smaller and further away) was excellently done. For those of you who saw the Van Gough Immersion Experience in SF, this is what it wanted to be. Walls 40 feet high on 4 sides. Open floor with a few scattered cubes to sit on, on the carpeted floor. A retrospective of some of his work is projected on all four walls,ceiling and the floor.He is giving commentary and narration about his process.You just let your eyes travel all over the place. It’s as if your a little kid and your just taking in all the images and colors and sounds. It was truly immersive. Speaking of kids. There were a. Bunch of toddlers and kids slightly older,who were running about,some chasing the colors on the ground,trying to catch the images on the walls and having so much fun. Your heart just lightened and your cares just disappeared,watching them.

You really were transported into another world. It’s my idea of what art at its best does for us..It was worth the plane flight over to see it!

We the headed over to The National Portait Gallery to see Paul McCartneys photographs titled “The Eye Of The Storm” These were photos he took on the Beatles 1st tour to the US. One forgets how young they were. These were working class youths coming to the US, which was so very different from England or Europe. It was quite fun to relive those times, to feel the excitement of sitting in front of our televisions on a Sunday night and hear Ed Sullivan exclaim “Here are The Beatles!”

Had dinner in a 700 year old wine bar that we’ve been to before, but now there is a line to get in, that wasn’t there pre Covid. I’m sure social media has something to do with it also. Kinda fun eating where someone else ate in the 1300’s

I’ll say good bye for now.

Paul

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