With London being as multi-cultural as it is, it is no surprise that I have found a wonderfully wide variety of messages in different languages in our River Thames, and from a variety of nationalities. Now let me think about it..... So there has been the following:
1.A message from a German girl who threw her message in from Tower Bridge
2. A message from Belgium thrown in during the opening of a seaworld centre
3. An anonymous message from a Sri Lankan person
4. 4 messages from Norwegian school children
5. a message from some Swedish people wishing their brother a happy 40th birthday
6. A message from 2 swedish tourists visiting Greenwich.
7. a couple of mysterious messages with Chinese symbols (remember them?!) I never did find out the meaning of them by the way! Here they are just in case you can decipher them!
1.A message from a German girl who threw her message in from Tower Bridge
2. A message from Belgium thrown in during the opening of a seaworld centre
3. An anonymous message from a Sri Lankan person
4. 4 messages from Norwegian school children
5. a message from some Swedish people wishing their brother a happy 40th birthday
6. A message from 2 swedish tourists visiting Greenwich.
7. a couple of mysterious messages with Chinese symbols (remember them?!) I never did find out the meaning of them by the way! Here they are just in case you can decipher them!
Some time ago, I stumbled upon a very small bottle on the Banks of the River Thames near Greenwich, which contained a piece of paper with what we subsequently found out was some text from the Koran (I believe it is anyway, please correct me if I'm wrong). I don't exactly know what it says, but on sending it out on twitter, I was informed that it is some verses contained within the Koran. If you know which ones, I'd be delighted to know by the way. Please see below.
So today, as we wandered along the River for an afternoon walk, we couldn't help noticing this laminated piece of paper floating in on the incoming tide. OK, it wasn't in a bottle, but they are still words from the water thrown out from the River.
The River Thames carries all these messages and lessons along on the tide regardless of what nationality and religion they are. We have rich diverse culture here in London. It's one of the most diverse cities in the World. The incredible mixture of messages I've found in the River are testament to that!