At weekends her father did his best, making an effort to be interesting on their strolls about the deserted City streets — the Strand and Ludgate Hill, Cheapside and Poultry, Threadneedle, Cornhill.
A few parks and interesting buildings make a stroll worth any traveler's time.
Even if you're not in the market for anything besides a stroll through an interesting market, you are guaranteed satisfaction.
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival day one wrapped with a combination of die-hard Carlos Santana fans one of which is festival Executive Producer Quint Davis who ended up playing maracas with the band; and The Avett Brother whose fans cleared a path as Seth Avett jumped from the stage to the crowd and jammed while strolling, in an interesting Mosesish maneuver.
Stroll the streets, check out interesting establishments such as Mission Clocks and Vertigo, the local coffee roaster.
Drop by Peñafiel for a look at the views from its castle, now an interesting wine museum, but the delights of an evening stroll in a village like Roa or Peñaranda make overnighting there a better option.
They also strolled by most of my choices for interesting new work without so much as the swivel of a head.
There are songs about Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach and a woman who strolled the sands of Ipanema, but the most interesting beach on Rio's main strip remains unsung.
And like a good country stroll, the detours you find yourself taking can be just as interesting as the original route.
We stroll around with our cameras and notebooks, spotting usable buildings and interesting shots, painfully aware of being completely out of place, every bit as incongruous as the intruding Londoners in our story.
