Admittedly it seemed like a foolish frivolous idea. See London in the time of Corona. But the ticket prices were dirt cheap. The soon to be global pandemic was thought a myth in Nigeria and had only seen one index case (a foreigner no less) so it appeared, at the time, that Africa and Africans were immune to this silent enemy. Armed with all this information and with a recklessness and spontaneity that I hadn't experienced since my youth I decided to "See London in the time of Corona." To break the monotony of my mind-numbing utterly humiliating protracted job search and, to explore, experience and refresh. Motives were in the right place. Timing however was not.
Upon my arrival at my first stop in Amsterdam it was soon announced that the US had closed its borders completely to non-nationals effective 2 days from present date. This you would think is not my concern because I was not on my way to the US. I was on my way to "see London in the time of Corona." However, other countries soon followed suite because the number of cases quickly began to increase and for health and safety reasons, life as we know it, slowly and incrementally began to disintegrate and eventually shut down.
But you already know how this story goes. Any avid listener of news is aware of the demise to civilization and personal liberties that soon occurred to life as we know it. So in order to look at the bright spots and celebrate my FIRST vacation in 5 years (yikes!!!), I will share some of the images from the emptiness and stark spaces that greeted me as I attempted to "see London in the time of Corona."
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