I've been back in Seattle four days now. I've done my post-trip laundry and clean-up, and while I still have a tiny little bit of unpacking and organizing to do (which always seems to be the case when I travel), I am, for all intents and purposes, back home and back in the swing of things. I've gone back to work and my head is fully here
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I too was struck, in Rome and Paris, with the vastness of things, but in a slightly different way - I was aware that some of the vast open areas gave me the heebie-jeebies; St Peter's Sq in Rome outside the Vatican, and in Paris it was, I think, the Place de la Concorde, where the sensation of all the buildings being so far apart from each other, and so much open sky and open space, made me uneasy. I realized that in NY you never really experience this. (It's also part of why I don't like Chicago - the buildings ought to be jammed up against one another, damn it). The use of scale in those European cities is utterly unlike NY. I don't think I ever felt that way in London either, which, while not high-risey like NY, is certainly tightly jammed in a way that feels comfortable and familiar.
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I need to get some traveling done myself. Curse my lack of discretionary cash!
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Now? I must find a way to travel. :>.
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It is true, we were "slow" museum visitors. But I am not sorry. It was a genuine pleasure to find someone who meandered at the same snail's pace. :)
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Makes sense to me! Glad I was able to show you a little of the Europe most Americans never get a chance to see. I look forward to your next visit!
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