Rebecca is spending the month with us. It’s a challenge for a city girl to adapt to life in a semi-remote location. And it’s a challenge to have to get up at 7:30AM daily and to put up with the constant disruption of house renovation. But one of her joys is to hang out with our neighborhood dog, Sam. And Sam enjoys it too. He comes to visit more often since Rebecca has been here.
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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