Museum Of London, 2

Continuing our day at the Museum of London and environs...

Happy days are here again...for Royalists...Charles II parades into
London

Not so happy days, a Plague and a Fire

As noted earlier, I have a new theory of who was
responsible for the Fire: to be announced soon

Growth of science and industry

At about this point Vicki and I both are beginning to feel crushed
by all the history and art and architecture of the past few weeks...

A bit of reform history...still waiting too

First Black Cabs

Small girl's dress worn on the occasion of Queen
Elizabeth's coronation; note London skyline printed
along the bottom

London as entertainment and fashion center...remember searching
for these, Rachel?

We sort of sped through the last bits...one can only absorb so 
much...

Now outside, we walked past St. Paul's, and then to the river

And across the Millennial Bridge

Taking in the views and all the continuing new construction

Past The Globe, where we were groundlings on one visit

Attempted artsy-fartsy depiction

More growth and change and avant-garde architecture to rival
any other place we've seen

We had lunch in the shadow of the Tate Modern
(we visited a few days later); aka as the Bankside
Power Station

I love contrasts; here we are crossing the Blackfriars
Bridge; Queen Victoria and the Shard

Thus: another intense day!