LONDON — Getting from Bristol to London went a lot smoother than I’d are hope. The walk to the railway station, pushing one suitcase and pulling another, only took ten minutes. I probably got to the station too early but it meant I was able to be one of the first to board the train—and when you’ve got more bags than hands, it helps. One unexpected but pleasant surprise was that though my seat was standard class the coach itself was first class.

Once I was back in London and settled in to the hotel, I went back to the British Museum to see about making a booking for Monday for the Moctezuma exhibition. Instead there was no need to make an advanced booking so I got an immediate ticket and spent the next hour or so viewing exhibits relating to Moctezuma, the last ruler of the Aztecs, and the conquest by the Spanish. There were some very beautiful objects, especially the masks inlaid with turquoise, and an impressive stone eagle with a bowl-shaped cavity in its back to receive sacrificed hearts.

It’s starting to get dark early now. Clocks went back an hour last Sunday morning.