We walked down to Buckingham Palace and Trafalger Square. We toured the National Portrait Gallery (I am afraid that all the portraits all looked alike by the end of the tour……men and women). Ruth and I split up after lunch at the gallery and I was able to cover more ground on my own. I went to the British Museum and was fascinated by the Egyptian exhibit the most. There were many other exhibits that were extremely well done. One could spend an entire day there and not see all of it. My 2 hours barely covered the basics. From there I went to Covent Gardens, Westminister Abby, where I sat in on the last half of evensong, and then back to our hotel to meet up with Ruth.
With no real food, I still hadn’t purchased a suitcase that had been my top priority for the day, but didn’t want to drag one all over the city. I ended up purchasing one in Victoria Station that I probably spent a premium price for, but it was done. Then we went by bus to Picadilly Circus……..Ruth wanted to go to the National Gallery. With no dinner and time slipping away, I left her and went back to the hotel to begin my repacking.
