- the view of lush, leafy gardens and assorted windows from my little room
- Boston Tea Party (their beyond perfect brownies especially)
- coffee dates with Holly, wonderful housemate and friend of two years
- the majestic first glimpse of the Suspension Bridge
- the Downs, which always make me feel entirely at peace
- spending Wednesday afternoons in the company of wise old ladies and musical friends
- the little Victorian villa that houses some of my favourite teachers in the world
- chatty, intelligent, endlessly fun and engaging friends
- rainy Saturdays (Bristol does them best) spent with a book and a steaming pot of tea
- Victoria Square Park and its gorgeous trees
- Tuesday morning farmer's market with Emmy
- the Union, in all its ugly functionality
- the cherry blossom tree outside the French department
- cycling around Clifton on Sunday mornings
- our cute Victorian house and the kind, fun, accepting people who live inside it
Bristol, I love you (for sentimental reasons).
You're back! Excellent! It's always sad, or at least nostalgic, leaving a place. With places I especially love, I'm inconsolable for several weeks before hand, morosely thinking "this may be the last time I walk down this street," and other such things.
ReplyDeleteBristol, as you describe it, sounds lovely. It's never really been on my radar, but I love Victorian architecture in most of its forms.
Bristol was always the city of Diana Wynne Jones and Polly's labyrinth (read Fire & Hemlock!) to me. Now I'm glad I've got some new things to associate it with. Isembard Brunel has one of the most awesome names I've ever heard.
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I'm happy to see your new blog up and running! Sentimentality attached to places is a special thing. There's a fulfilling sense of appreciation mixed in with it. I feel inspired now to make a list of the little things I love about my favorite places.
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