OK.  A couple of days into this and I’m already confused.  Last post I said I was done with London but thankfully I had one more day. First stop, Buckingham Palace.   Not a walk by like I did earlier, but the Changing of the Guard.  Sort of. The Changing begins around 11:15 and I […]

I have long been fascinated by the Tower of London but not until I recently read Edward Rutherford’s “London” did it become a ‘must see’. I took the tube to The Monument station which is near the Tower.  1666 was a tough year for London.  The plague killed 100,ooo Londoners between 1665 & 1666 and […]

This is only a sampling. Joachin Beuckelear (apprx. 1535- 75) depicted the four elements of Earth, Water, Air & Fire Paolo Veronese’s depiction of Alexander showing mercy to the Family of Darius del Pollanivolo’s Martyrdom of St Sebastian From here I went to St. James park on the Mall, Buckingham Palace and more but I’ll have […]

Big fan of Lord Nelson. Some pendeja ended up in hospital this week after falling of one of the lions in the base And the base’s for panels depict important parts of his life.