Ventured outside for a walk down our road and up the main gravel road in the cove. From the tracks in the snow it looks like most of our neighbors stayed home during the storm and only ventured out on foot. After a bit of a hike we headed back to the house to split and stack a mess of firewood next to the door. Later in the day friends hiked down from their home to ours for some homemade comfort food – Chicken & Dumplings and Sweet Potato pie!
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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