After a briefer than usual morning coffee klatch and breakfast on the deck, we helped Ed and Viv pack up Ed’s Charger for their trip back to Pinellas. This has been a glorious weeklong celebration of family and friends. We’re not ready for it to end yet!
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.
So sad we did not make it to Deck Day 2015, but I think you understand we are lost and wandering!