Saturday and Sunday were days to hobnob with friends at the coffeeshop, visit the El Dorado Art Show at the elementary school, and to enjoy food and fun with family. Ryan, Jana, and Megan drove up from Albuquerque to spend Saturday night and Sunday with us. Of course we had to participate in the family tradition of several hands of multiple “solitaire”, an activity from which Steve & Bill routinely abstain.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.
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