O thou that dost inhabit in my breast, Leave not the mansion so long tenantless, Lest, growing ruinous, the building fall And leave no memory of what it was.
The lobby was dark and empty, cool, the air conditioner thrumming. The plastic molded chairs were stacked along the walls, and the carpet smelled like shampoo.
But what I remember most is those first few hours and days and how empty those streets were and how everybody was watching and waiting to see what was coming next.
While it hasn't been decided, this is what the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games could look like, empty arenas with no fans and athletes competing to the sound of music which does help mask the silence.
As a result, the local government has imposed a seven-day lockdown banning all essential activity which is why streets like this one behind me normally quite crowded are now quite empty.
Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted city streets as weekends when the thousands that travel to work everyday are tucked away in their homes in the country.
At school, they had learned that most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the USA border, and Canada's population is only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed to see such an empty country.