Last day in London

Caught a bus to the British Museum



The Rosetta Stone. You know you have found it when you can't get close. A very popular exhibit


Field trip to the museum


Jane had a blister on one foot that had become quite painful. So she got new shoes. She's much happier now.


Underground walkway at one of the tube stations


St. Paul's cathedral. Massive. Didn't go inside because of the cost.




One bus we rode was an old fashion one where the driver had no contact with the passengers. This guy is the ticket and information dude. He also directed us to the minion, a pub near the Tower of London.


We all had speckled hen beer with our lunch. How could we not?


Red ceramic poppies in the mote around the Tower of London. They are sold. If you buy one it will be mailed to you after this campaign is over. They have one for each lost soldier in WWI and WWII






Chicken wire lion guarding the Tower


Exiting a tube stop


Saw the Mousetrap. Had been running 62 years in London.


The London Gay Men's Choir our side the Angel tube station. They were making photos for their calendar. Now doing December. They now have 200 members


Google GLMC


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Salvation - church all day

As we came out of the Westminster tube station, we had trouble crossing the street because the Tour of Britian time trial was in progress. Im sure we saw someone famous and didn't know it.

Damn bikers hold you up everywhere. betsy





Ten Krauts in a Tardis.


Ghana Methodist Church----just across from Westminster Abbey. Ghana won by a yard! Also attended Evensong at Westminster but no photos allowed by priestly decree, betsy isn't catholic so we did get a couple photos inside the abbey.


Birthday dance celebration. This was ties to collection. We danced up to the front if the church with everyone who was born on the same day of the week. I went up in the first group of Sunday birthdays to make my donation. I was arm in arm with one of the Ghanaian ladies. Jane went with Friday.



Betsy went with Saturday


My new best friend let me play her drum


Shelia came to church with us.


Ahhhhhhhhh.


Food photo-op for our foodie guide.


Meat pie....ethnic British fare...with ale, of course


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Day 2 in london

We rode the London eye at night. New views.


This picture is on the London eye. We were so tired. We had been up for two days


Saturday morning we took the tube to Portobello Market


Lots of musicians were playing at the mRket. Many were pretty good


A poster I saw in the market. Thought it fit with the family


Fried potatoes....spiral cut!



Our lunch. Food from Ghana. Delicious...scant drops of HOT sauce.
Hot is an understatement. Betsy


Models in a square. There were being photographed by many, but were posing for one in particular....note the "painted gloves"





In St Martin In the Field church. The group was rehearsing for a concert held tonight. It was exciting to see them all interacting. This will make listening to them on WPR more fun


One of the grave markers in the basement of St Martin



Afternoon coffee break at St Martin...clotted cream and scones


Jane and I did rubbings from brass plates at St Martins
And I just rubbed the clotted cream all over my body----heavenly. betsy


I'm doing my rubbing.


Jane was attacked by the grim reaper in Trafalgar Square.


Kamil...our wonderful information man at Trafalgar Square guided us to our next stops. We are in front of the National Gallery Museum.
Kamil was only one of many fabulous young men we met. Betsy


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YumYums get to London

All the Yums start off for the airport. Oh wait, the second one who looks like Shelia is really Marama who drove us to the airport



While at OHare, Shelia had to relieve herself before the 7 hour flight to London


Excitement in the airport as we learned that our standby tickets would turn out to be seats in business first class


Unfortunately the airline took away one of the business seats. Betsy graciously went to coach so that Jane and I could experience the comfort and attention. Before take off betsy joined us as we drank our preflight glass of wine. After take off there was more wine and warm mixed nuts. Then dinner started with salad and a plate of prosciutto and melon. Main dishes were stuffed pasta for me and a fillet of beef for jane and more wine. First desert was a plate if three delicious cheeses, crackers, grapes and a biscuit. We turned down the later desert of ice cream sundaes because we were just too full. They took betsy a sundae made to her specs in coach.


After dinner and a movie, we reclined our seats flat and tried for a short nap.


Once at heathrow, we headed for the tube to take us to Earl Court station which is near our hotel


We dropped our suitcases at the hotel way too early to check in (plane landed at 5:30) and we walked to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Just before arriving at there we passed this gigantic Natural History Museum.


At the V&A museum, one current exhibit had to do with protest.


Waiting for the museum to open at 10, jane and betsy needed to make a phone call...no Dr. Who in the Tardis...


Steps in front of the V&A


Mandy, our exceptional guide, talking about armor used for jousting. Much different than that used in battle


The ladies bathroom had great art. This is the wall and ceiling


Lunch in the museum was gorgeous and tasted pretty good


While getting our tube pass, we met Zachary who got excited to learn I was from Wisconsin. He loves the Packers





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UP Lighthouse trip with Marama

Lighthouse in Escanaba.



Lighthouse in Manistique which I played with


Ausable lighthouse near pictured rocks national seashore and musining, MI



Stairway inside AuSable lighthouse


Pizza supper being made in park in Musining.


Fish chowder which could be eaten with a fork. I like it. Marama, not so much. This was at west bay diner in grand Marais.


West Bay diner where Ellen Airgood runs the place. She wrote South of Superior which tomahawk book club read. I bought her last book and had it signed for Fiona. It's about a 5th grader in a new place


Toast at Trenary toast shop.


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