![Thames flooded](https://blogs.gwu.edu/ajoubin/files/2017/11/Biking_FloodedThames-zjruzo-200x300.jpg)
My research on Shakespeare and intercultural global performances took me to London, where I was working on a book on how diasporic artists approach Shakespeare and how their works are received. One day, I rented a bike and rode along the Thames. One section was flooded due to high tide, and I rode with the ducks.
This section of beautiful Chelsea seems to be flooded often during high tide of the Thames. Ducks swam on the street.