passport

Wednesday June 11

My trip to the embassy was successful.  The process is of no interest.  I was issued a "limited validity" passport, good for 6 months.  So, I will go to Boston with Bruce on Friday.  The problem is that one often needs to have 6 months remaining on the passport to get into some countries.  So, I have to go to  the passport office in New York to get a permanent passport.  My just punishment, as this was the second loss within 10 years, is that I will be issued passports good only for one year. I am told that I should have no problem getting the passport, so I anticipate being able to go to Rome with Riley and Bruce.
 
  Up early to US Embassy.   After about 2.5 hrs., Leslie emerges with temporary passport.  Bruce sat out this process sitting in Grosvenor Square, reading Geithner's book and listening to Schubert in front of our embassy designed by Edward Durrell Stone.  We will be closing this embassy soon  and moving to S. London for security reasons.

 



 

  Non-citizen visa application line:

 



 

 

Peaceful and beautiful Grosvenor Square. 

 

 

As a reward we headed off for the rest of  the day at the British Museum.  There was a temporary Viking exhibit.  We were warned that it was disappointing.  It could have been more interesting, but, although they issued timed tickets, they let in twice as many as the exhibit could hold.  Thus, we could see little.

 

Lots of tired Chinese puzzling out the Parthenon Frieze. 

 The sculptures are no longer called the Elgin Marbles and the Museum makes it clear that they were legitimately acquired and will not be returned to Greece.

 

Bruce spotted this early Greek tomb panel of an angel precursor carrying off the soul of the deceased.