\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday, we took a walking tour around Bloomsbury, the neighborhood that is adjacent to our own.\u00a0 Learning about the area was truly fascinating, and I felt so lucky to have the opportunity to\u00a0see where Virginia Woolf lived, walk along the sidewalk\u00a0where Charles Darwin might have walked, and experience an area\u00a0that is so\u00a0rich in\u00a0history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We learned that in this one small area lived; Charles Dickens, The Bonham Carters, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Hodgkin, Henry James, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot. In fact, we saw a building that once housed the publishing company\u00a0where T.S. Eliot worked, and were told of how his wife – whom Eliot claimed was mentally unwell –\u00a0would “picket” outside the building with a sign that read “I am the abused wife of T.S. Eliot!”<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We walked though an area around Russell square which was destroyed during the Blitz and rebuilt years later. It was interesting, too, to see just how severe the destruction of the city was at the Docklands Museum today. The rest of the museum was very informational, as well. I particularly enjoyed the sections about the docklands themselves. Being a visual learner, I found it very useful to see\u00a0all the diagrams, primary sources of life at the Docklands and other visual and kinesthetic aids\u00a0that connected with our readings. \u00a0In particular, I remember one of the articles mentioning how dangerous working at the docks was; how many men were killed by falling into the storage areas below deck or suffering other serious injuries. After seeing some of the chains, hooks, and other tools used by the workers, I can really see just how dangerous\u00a0working on the docks was.<\/p>\n
Attached are some pictures both of the Bloomsbury walk and the Docklands Museum…<\/p>\n\n\t\t