Sorry. It's just been really, really busy. I'll fix them, I will.
Today we had a free day. Miriam and I spent the morning walking around London.
We started at Portobello Road. Not much was out since it wasn't a weekend, but it was really fun to see the stuff around. Some of it was regular carnival stuff, and then sometimes you'd run into interesting things like old silverware and stuffed crocodiles.
This is what baby strollers look like here - all horizontal.
After that, we worked on completing one of the required walks. It went through the City - the financial district, so everybody was wearing suits and looking really sharp. Some businessmen were playing a game during their lunch hour. I found the juxtaposition fun.
This is a train station we went through.
This is part of the Roman wall around Londinium. They are incredibly casual about their history!
These next few pictures are part of a memorial for the heroism of ordinary people.
Our walk ended near St. Paul's, so we took a little detour to find the church where my fourth great-grandparents, Jean Rio Griffiths and Henry Baker were married.
We started at Portobello Road. Not much was out since it wasn't a weekend, but it was really fun to see the stuff around. Some of it was regular carnival stuff, and then sometimes you'd run into interesting things like old silverware and stuffed crocodiles.
This is what baby strollers look like here - all horizontal.
After that, we worked on completing one of the required walks. It went through the City - the financial district, so everybody was wearing suits and looking really sharp. Some businessmen were playing a game during their lunch hour. I found the juxtaposition fun.
This is a train station we went through.
This is part of the Roman wall around Londinium. They are incredibly casual about their history!
These next few pictures are part of a memorial for the heroism of ordinary people.
Our walk ended near St. Paul's, so we took a little detour to find the church where my fourth great-grandparents, Jean Rio Griffiths and Henry Baker were married.
We found it! And I was extremely impressed by the church they were married in, St. Lawrence Jewry. A stone's throw from St. Paul's Cathedral, this church was built by the same architect, Christopher Wren. I actually thought it was one of the more lovely churches I've seen. In the 1940's, it was nearly destroyed by the Blitz. It was rebuilt using as much of the original walls and foundation as possible.
Above: a pen drawing showing the aftermath of the bomb destruction.
Below: a painting that survived the bomb. As one of the few treasures to survive, it is possible my ancestors could have seen it! It portrays St. Lawrence's martyrdom on the gridiron.
Some of the remnants from the bombing. Sorry its sideways - I can't rotate it right now. Bottom right - cups fused together by the heat of the incendiary bomb. Lower left - one of the few records to survive the fire - a baptisimal record 1813-1831. Since it was made of vellum, it shrank instead of burning.
Above: a pen drawing showing the aftermath of the bomb destruction.
Below: a painting that survived the bomb. As one of the few treasures to survive, it is possible my ancestors could have seen it! It portrays St. Lawrence's martyrdom on the gridiron.
Some of the remnants from the bombing. Sorry its sideways - I can't rotate it right now. Bottom right - cups fused together by the heat of the incendiary bomb. Lower left - one of the few records to survive the fire - a baptisimal record 1813-1831. Since it was made of vellum, it shrank instead of burning.
The memorial to ordinary heroes is a favorite of mine--glad you got to see it!
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