Sunday, dodging protestors

It was my intention to do a few things in the city, yesterday, Sunday.  On my way in I stopped for a while in the botanic Gardens, then thought I would get a tram for a few stops. The route was changed because of protests. It was a bit hard to understand the announcements about what streets were affected because I donot yet have a mental map  of where the streets are in relation to each other.  My first stop was to a huge bookshop Readings. The trouble is it was inside a huge mall  of brightly lit shops and no clear pattern of the aisles.. They were not laid out in a rectangular grid of 90 degrees.  I  followed directions from one of those helpful boards, trying to remember the way .  But when I left Readings, I could not remember  the way out.  Ah well, at least I can still speak to ask for directions.

The next place I was heading for was past the library, but as I approached the shop I saw a line of about 20 police and a whole lot of people chanting something unintelligible behind them, so I turned right,  but not long after came across another group of police with protesters behind them. So I turned another corner and after a few streets came across a third similar group. Who started moving towards me. I scuttled down a different street, along with a few locals.  I went into the museum of the moving image and was buying some food at a kiosk thing when a group went past. The noise the protestors were making was huge.     I have just re read what I have written. I definitely came across 3 separate groups but I cannot have  turned a right angle each time. The 1st and 3rd group were aligned the same way. Never mind, you get the drift.

In the evening I went to a choral evensong service at the Anglican Church a few blocks away from me. They have evensong ( an Anglican service but no sermon and no communion) every Sunday, but the 3rd Sunday has an augmented choir. There were about 25 choristers. Beautiful music in a lovely old church.