Wow! It was a busy day. We found the home of Charles Dickens and had a tour. We are developing a small British accent in the process. Our elevator say "lower ground floor" each time we enter and of course, we imitate it and laugh. Also, getting to our rooms, there are sooooo many doors. You take 2 steps and open another door. (We have 6.) It is like swinging on monkey bars as you swing to the next door to pull it open. (Yes, we laugh about that too!)
Oh, like I mentioned... we toured the Dickens home. Call us literary geeks if you like (it secretly makes us proud), but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We watched an interesting film about his life. Did you know that his wife brought 2 sisters to live with the family? The older one sort of had a "thing for him" and it seemed he had a "thing" for the younger sister. When she died at an early age, Dickens never quite recovered from it. Also, we made a connection in that Dicken's father went to debtors prison and he had to travel through London in order to visit him. He met many types of people during his travels--poor and rich. He saw many things. Throughout his writings, Dickens makes fun of the rich aristocraty. He seems to support the poor and the working class.
It was interesting touring his home. A room in the house is a library with walls of shelves of his books. I never realized he wrote so many! Enjoy taking the tour of his home as we did! Post Script: We purchased a bunch of "good, interactive things like puzzles, a video, post cards, Dickens posable dolls, (and things of the sort) for our museum! "Go Dicken's....You're a rockstar!"
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