- Slept in again, this time not as much, and at least partially due to IKEAgate
- Spent the morning touring the Churchill War Rooms museum. It was really impressive.
During a long part of World War II, Winston Churchill and a lot of senior British officials operated the war effort from an underground series of rooms. These rooms have been preserved or restored to what they looked like then. It's amazing to think that so many lived for so long in such austere conditions, and that they were ultimately victorious.
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| There were lots and lots of maps |
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| Churchill's little-used bedroom |
- Half-assed version of Rick Steves's Westminster walk. Stephanie did a commendable job guiding us through it backwards while I was rushing her along. The houses of parliament building is amazing.
I have been to London before, but I hadn't made my over to this area of the city. The ornate and massive gothic architecture is fantastic. I found myself wondering how anyone could ever have possibly actually built the houses of parliament building, which I believe was a royal palace in a previous life.
- Visited Westminster Abbey. Absolutely massive in many ways. Nobody got married or became King or anything while we were there. We saw dead Isaac Newton and dead Charles Darwin and dead lots of other famous people
Any amount of awe I had at the parliament building was almost wiped clean when I took in Westminster Abbey. If you're even in London and have a chance to see it, I highly recommend doing so. Between the massive and ornate building and the who's who of notable people buried there, there is something to look at every step of the way.
- Dinner and a show not really in the West End. I had bangers and mash and it wasn't terrible. We saw Billy Elliot and it also wasn't terrible.
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| English Food |
We are taking a day trip to Cambridge tomorrow, so expect us to be way smarter in the coming posts.
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ReplyDeleteTest 1-2, test...check, check. Is this thing on? It's only taken me about two weeks to figure out how to 'blog' or comment or whatever it is I'm doing and somebody assigns me a random collection of letters and numbers that would make a codebreaker blush? Can you tell I'm married to bae5d330-835d-11e2-9ecc-000bcdcb471e? What the heck is an OpenID URL and how am I supposed to pass a robot test when I can't even read the words with or without my glasses. Wow...is this thing on?
ReplyDeleteAnyway....you guys ought to go see the Imperial War Museum, it's only a short walk from Buckingham Palace. I should know, I did it. I wanted to see the Churchill War Rooms Museum. Sounds like you're having fun. Stay out of jail.
Joe the robot
Why is it that everyone except my parents can figure out how to hide their robot identity?
ReplyDeleteHaha! Joe bar you are awesome. Have fun in Cambridge :)
ReplyDeleteI love your pics. You are adorable! Do you have a photographer following you around?
ReplyDeleteStephanie is pulling model/photographer double duty, and performing wonderfully in both capacities.
DeleteSorry, Dad. The Imperial War Museum is closed until July. I assume for renovations. Too bad you weren't able to see the Churchill rooms. We spent almost 2 hours there, so it probably would have taken you at least 6 to see the whole thing...so clearly 1 full day in London was not enough for you. I have so many pictures to show you from the Churchill war rooms. We saw an enigma machine! Maybe it can be used to crack your user ID for commenting.
ReplyDeleteI certainly need one.
DeleteHave you guys tried any mashy peas yet? Baked beans for breakfast? Fish & chips? I always liked the bangers & mash but mine never looked as upscale as Sam's judging by the picture.
Joe the robot