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Friday was a very busy day.
First I walked to drop off our laundry, then I went to St Paul's Cathedral, which everyone else had seen Tuesday afternoon.
St Paul's was as lame as Westminster Abbey was awesome - St Paul's is completely skippable.
The view from the top was nice, and I was glad to have seen that on a sunny day.
The filthy air to the west was disturbing, especially considering it had been raining just two days prior.


View from the top of St Paul's Cathedral
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View from the top of St Paul's Cathedral
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I then took the Tube to the Imperial War Museum


Imperial War Museum
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Peace Agreement sign by Chamberlain and Hitler.
This was a followon to the Munich Agreement that had been signed a few hours before that gave Czechoslovakia to the Nazis.
This was the first thing I saw in the World War II floor, the first floor I explored in the museum.
Seeing this piece of paper was both awe inspiring and depressing.

While researching this piece of paper I learned much more about the rise of Nazi Germany than I had ever known....all fascinating....
"history doesn't always repeat but it sometimes rhymes"
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Lancaster
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Interior of the Lancaster.
The bomber was only a little over six feet wide!
It was barely wider than my arms could reach...
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Tail of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer's Messerschmitt Bf 110 with his 121 victories, mostly against British bombers
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Rommel's Map, given by his son in 2011 to Montgomery's son
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The World War II floor was depressing enough, I didn't have the heart to see any more of the war museum.
The Holocaust floor is supposed be a great exhibit but I intentially skipped it.

I then took the bus to retrieve our laundry, dropped it off back at the Lime Tree, then took another bus to Speaker's Corner where I met up with Kathy, Karin and Bob.
We wandered through Hyde Park, eventually reaching Kensington Palace


Victoria and Albert Hall
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Round Pond and Kensington Palace
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Kensington Palace
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Kris, Kara, and Kathy went for High Tea at Orangery at Kensington Palace
Kara's pic


Kara's pic


my pic, Kara's camera

We then took a bus back to Victoria Station during rush hour through the pricey section of London


Cindy, Karin, Bob, Kathy and I went to The Orange for dinner
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Later we all went out for one last drink in London
Everyone else had early flights home the next morning.
Kathy and I had an 11am flight to Amsterdam...
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