After a late breakfast we set out on the tube to see Kensington Gardens and Kensington Palace. The gardens are lovely and green. There is a memorial garden for Princess Diana there, as she lived in Kensington Palace. The garden is a children's playground which is strictly supervised – no entry without child. We walked around the palace which has a really beautiful and colourful sunken garden which has many birds living there.
We then got the tube to Marble Arch to take photos of that and encountered difficulties trying to leave the area. There were roadworks everywhere and footpaths were blocked off so we couldn't cross roads there. After taking photos of the Arch, we got back on the tube and headed to Trafalgar Square. Nicole texted that she would come there to meet us. Terry and I had a look at the National Portrait Gallery, which had some impressive work displayed. We then waited for Nicole and had a look at the National Gallery. Tama soon joined us and we had a look at a couple of areas but we would really need all day to see it all. It is so incredibly big, with paintings from all the great artists.
We left there and went to the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum. The War Rooms were sealed up at the end of the war and later re-opened. They are just as they were when the war ended – eerie to see all the files, maps, paperwork all preserved. It served as an underground bunker for the Prime Minister, Cabinet and Generals to direct the Second World War. It was fascinating to see. The rooms have very life-like mannequins dressed in the style of the time. There was one who was one of the poor secretaries who worked for Churchill and had to deal with his very difficult dictation and work style.
We all then went for dinner at a nearby corner pub, The Red Lion, and enjoyed a meal and good conversation before getting the tube “home”.
We then got the tube to Marble Arch to take photos of that and encountered difficulties trying to leave the area. There were roadworks everywhere and footpaths were blocked off so we couldn't cross roads there. After taking photos of the Arch, we got back on the tube and headed to Trafalgar Square. Nicole texted that she would come there to meet us. Terry and I had a look at the National Portrait Gallery, which had some impressive work displayed. We then waited for Nicole and had a look at the National Gallery. Tama soon joined us and we had a look at a couple of areas but we would really need all day to see it all. It is so incredibly big, with paintings from all the great artists.
We left there and went to the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum. The War Rooms were sealed up at the end of the war and later re-opened. They are just as they were when the war ended – eerie to see all the files, maps, paperwork all preserved. It served as an underground bunker for the Prime Minister, Cabinet and Generals to direct the Second World War. It was fascinating to see. The rooms have very life-like mannequins dressed in the style of the time. There was one who was one of the poor secretaries who worked for Churchill and had to deal with his very difficult dictation and work style.
We all then went for dinner at a nearby corner pub, The Red Lion, and enjoyed a meal and good conversation before getting the tube “home”.
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