Friday, July 29, 2005

Burnin' Gherkin

As part of Thursday's security frenzy, the Hurricane Clipper was trailed down the river from Tower Bridge by a Police launch, not a particularly resassuring sight to anyone that recalls the service of the General Belgrano's destroyer escort. (Didn't even stick around to fish survivors out of the water!)

A few more shots of life on the Thames taken during the stop-start London summer. I'm rather proud of this one - the sun only sets directly behind the pepino for a day or so each year.

My Brazilian friend Antonio, whose father served as his nation's ambassador in three European capitals, has informed me that London has the second largest community of leros outside Brazil.

The largest, oddly, is in Boston, MA. Antonio reckons that this is because many choose to settle in the area after studying at Harvard and the other major universities around that city. It's fair to say too that not all the Brazilians in London are 'language students' like the unfortunate de Menezes. Antonio's brother is one amongst many well-educated Brazilians making a living in the City.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not a bad shot, although I'd have got in a bit tighter and cropped out the river and trees, just leaving the fabulous skyline.