Crazy Lady Headquarters

Sunday morning we jaunted out to Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park. It was nothing short of insane. It's basically an area where anyone can get up on a soapbox and start ranting about whatever they choose. A crowd forms, they argue or heckle with the speaker, and everyone else enjoys this. Think of it as a live-action Jerry Springer show, only with British accents and crazies hosting the show. Our favorite (Scott nicknamed her Crazy Grandma) thought everyone was going to Hell except for natural-born, white English people. She was great. She called us stupid Americans. Another man said that women were stupid. Another guy said that Muslim women (he was Muslim) were basically second-class citizens. All good fun. Scott can elaborate much more on this, as I think Speakers' Corner turned out to be his favorite part of our entire trip.

We had a quick jaunt over to see Westminster Abbey, which we somehow missed - even though it's right by Big Ben/Parliament. This evening, we headed back to Speakers’ Corner to here a new crop of crazies. Scott ended up chatting with a group of Muslims for about an hour. I wandered around and made a new friend named Jounaidi. Then this crazy lady pushed a kid out of his wheelchair (both of his feet were in casts). Then she called everybody liars and screamed about theft. Again, good times.

We packed up our stuff tonight, a bit bittersweet to leave London.