Crowded and Empty Spaces

Maybe we were tired of hitting the £ shops looking for assorted sensible necessities and wanted to look at frivolous items. Maybe we temporarily lost our minds. Whatever the case, for some insane reason, we decided to go down to Oxford Street--on the last Friday before Christmas. Not recommended!

This shot doesn't properly depict the crowds that were rushing to do the last of their Christmas shopping--I couldn't stop in the most crowded parts without getting trampled, so you'll just have to take my word for it. As in Canada, some shops' sales had already started, but everywhere was just too packed to do any thorough looking, so we headed home to make dinner instead. Some of you may have heard that we've been having quite the fog lately, and although Newington Green has been lit up for Christmas since our arrival in London, tonight's view was especially dramatic: