Not London, but...

This may strike some of you as the silliest blog post Dottore Gianni has ever put his readers through. In fact DOTTORE GIANNI thinks it's the silliest! But, primarily due to my near daily walks through his new home, Greenville, SC, and with nostalgia for my year abroad in London, he is offering the following photo essay, showing a pic from London and its "counterpart" in Greenville. Some compare favorably, some compare not so well, some are just nonsense. It's intended in no way to denigrate Greenville, which the good doctor has come to really like, but to gain some perspective on his transition from Europe to the U.S., from work into retirement, from one way of life to a very different one.

So, here goes!

Not the London skyline...

But the Greenville skyline.

See how it works? And just to note this once, while very different, both are very pretty, right? So on we go!

Not the Millenium Bridge...

But the Liberty Bridge over Falls Park:

Not the mighty Thames...

But the but the teeny Reedy River:

Not the British Library...

But the main branch of the Greenville Public Library:

Not the Ithaca College London Center

But my apartment building at McBee Station:

Not the flat at ICLC...

But my Greeenville apartment (the rocker is my retirement present from IC!):

Not the National Gallery of Art...

But the Greenville County Museum of Art:

Not a pub on the River Thames...

But the Swamp Rabbit Cafe, next to the river:

Not the Thames Barrier

But a bit of water regulation on the Reedy River:

It's all a matter of scale, isn't it? I have plenty more comparisons, and I might just do another set one day, but this will give you a taste of "NOT LONDON, BUT..."
Hope you enjoyed it!