Hi folks,
It's Tuesday night and we are sitting around discussing our plans for tomorrow which will include a boat ride to greenwich in the morning, followed by either the Tate Modern & Globe theater or a canal ride up thru Regents Park. We will see what we are up for.
To bring you up to date, I'll describe today.
Em made a tasty breakfast of eggs and Marg and I headed out early. We had different agendas today. Emily was having lunch with a childhood friend from her early days in the Bronx. Linda walked around the south bank and took photos and visited the Design Museum. Our plan was to meet up at 4:30 to ride the London Eye, currently the largest Ferris wheel in the world. Larger ones are being built in Las Vegas and Dubai.
Marg and I walked over the Tower bridge, a 5 minute walk from our apartment, to the Tower of London. Margaret had never been there and you all know what a sucker she is for that kind of stuff. I, on the other hand, had been there several times. The first was with my father on a cold, winter day in 1978. I had been quite moved by the drama of all that history. As for today, Aside from it being jammed packed with people, we enjoyed the audio tour and Margaret loved the whole deal. She has done a lot of research on English history so enjoyed seeing this spot of which she has read so much. I might mention that the weather has been spectacular.
After the Tower, we took the tube over to the embankment and walked up to Trafalgar Square. Little did I know that at the National Portrait Gallery there was a special exhibit on WW1. That was a treat. After seeing that exhibit, we had a bite to eat in the museum cafe and Marg returned to the gallery and I moseyed next door to the National Gallery. There, amidst the thousands of paintings, I enjoyed the lovely bevy of Impressionists masterpieces.
By now, it time to meet Em and Linda so we hurried over to the river to meet them at the "Eye". The line was way too long to stand on so we paid some exorbitant fee to skip the line. They wouldn't tell me how much because they know me. It was breathtaking and I think my companions got some great shots.
Finally, we took a boat back to our neighborhood, picked up some soup, bread, and wine, and returned to our apartment. All In all a terrific day in London.