Hello once again from this lovely Isle. I hope you all out there are having wonderful times in your very own spheres of influence. Britain's doing great, the weather's a bit nippy but that, my friends, is why God stretched out his huge, powerful...hand and invented the scarf. By the way I just saw that we have two whole followers! So shout out to Robinson Sensei and Annie B. Love you guys!
Today we had a gander at the Churchill/cabinet war rooms. And all I can say is, wow. They preserved them just about exactly as they were left, and re created everything that had been changed. It was an incredible look into World War II. Just imagine lying deep below layers upon layers of concrete and steel, hearing the bombs pounding overhead as you tried to sleep through the tobacco smoke and rush of panicked government officials. Like I said, incredible. The Churchill museum was also top notch. Favorites included the huge depictions of political cartoons of the day and the vast supply of Churchill quotes. He gave one heck of a speech.
That's about all we did today. There was a valient attempt to find a proper English breakfast, but unfortunately the effort failed and all we got was bad tea and overpriced tourist pastries. Oh, well. Live to fight another day. Yesterday was the House of Lords. And Holy Shit (caps intended), we got to sit in the House of Lords and hear a debate. I haven't even been in Congress. The Queen's seat was right next to where I was sitting in the upper eaves, too, so I got a close up look. Its guilded in twisting gold and of course covered in intricate, expensive and ancient designs. The smoldering red velvet and variety of candlesticks (electric) blanketing the chamber wasn't half bad, either. Also, you gotta love the Lords. Half of them were asleep and none seemed to be younger than geriatric. One guy had this massive white beard. It was spectacular, and very clean! The house also seemed to be quite genial, with a lot of jokes and much general laughter. All together, wow.
Just freakin' wow.
Peace out, stateside homies. You too, Julie.
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