Monday, April 02, 2012

{part 20}

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens on Grooveshark
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london, at first, feels like if you give a lake of coffee and some cameras to a herd of cows and send them through a shopping mall. kind of. but more classy and pretty, plus, you know, buckingham palace.

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it's strange to see things in real life that you've only ever seen in movies. it makes you wonder if you're in a movie now too, and then you feel like you should be on the lookout for a villain or a detective or a talking animal or something. the plot could take a dramatic twist at any moment! stand up straight! keep your hair out of your face! look out for aliens! you eye each street performer suspiciously and smile at the cats, even though you normally don't like cats at all. you wander and don't care where you'll end up, because the plot will follow you wherever you go. you step in and out of buildings; museums, art galleries, massive candy and toy stores--you eat and walk and sit and talk and stare and gawk and you forget about the time because in movies, a whole entire lifetime can happen in two hours.

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8 comments:

Shelley said...

Wow you have some stunning photos there! and some amazing memories too.
Loving the 'travelling the UK vicariously through you' posts!
(PS you have a very smiley face - so does Barclay. I'm smiling just looking at you both smiling)
:)

Suzy Krause said...

aw thank you! we do seem to smile a lot... :)

Unknown said...

Love that you were in my town.

And I live here but still feel a bit giddy when I see the sights, sometimes I can't believe I live here.

nova said...

I know what you mean about seeing things in real life that you've only ever seen in movies. It's so surreal!

Suzy Krause said...

i wish that i knew about all you british bloggers BEFORE our trip!!!!

Suzy Krause said...

totally. i like stuff like that. i just want to go everywhere seeing stuff from movies.

JTay said...

I know what you mean about the movie feeling! That's how it was when I visited Chicago. I walked with a bit more poise that day... because of, you know, all the cameras on me of course.

Suzy Krause said...

of course!