Day 10 - A Day In London

Today we had an afternoon in London.  We got Oyster Cards for the transport system first.  We drove most of the way in with Christine who parked at her place of work. Then, the 3 of us took a bus to Tottenham Court Road and walked to meet Ken.  As Christine had a retirement party to go to, she then left us.  ("The special people were handed off to Ken" in other words!  Ewan, 3 1/2 calls us 'the special people' so it has become the family joke.)

We went to a fascinating little museum that Ken worked on.  The Grant Museum is a collection of skeletons.  Grant was Darwin's professor and many of the specimens date from his collection period.  The building itself was fascinating - an old library.

From there, we went to the new Wellcome Medical Museum.  First, we had a bite to eat with Ken, and then, he went back to work.  After touring that museum, Mark and I walked to the British Museum and concentrated on the Medieval Europe section only.  It is such a large museum and we have seen a lot of it previously, so it seemed sensible to focus on one area and period and do it properly. So, we did.

Then, we walked back to Charing Cross Station, after only one misturn, and took the train back to West Wickham.  When we got back, there was another big family dinner awaiting - Annie, Katrina, Will, Walshie, Ewan, Lewis and....as an extra bonus, Pete S. arrived to join us.  He is on his way tomorrow on a business trip to Vienna.