Entrance to the Bunker
The main meeting room of the War Cabinet
One of the hallways in the War Cabinet bunker
Communication and command center
Churchill's room in the bunker
Winston Churchill's advice to WWII England, but good advice anytime
Winston Churchill encouraging the British to carry on!
National Gallery
National Gallery with St. Martins in the Field in the background
Big Ben
Trafalgar Square, London
Felicity shows us some of the PEF archives
The PEF Library
Jerry in front of the PEF offices
Interior of the British Library
The British LibraryGreetings,
This is my last full day in England. Tomorrow I fly out about 1pm so I wont get much done tomorrow beside final packing and making it to the airport for the flight home. I fly from Heathrow to Ottawa on Air Canada and then on to Dulles, Washington.
Today we visited the Churchill War Cabinet Rooms. They are preserved as they were at the end of WWII along with a Churchill Museum. It was amazing to see the map room and the room where Churchill broadcasted addresses on the BBC.
After our tour their we walked over to the National Gallery which has a wonderful collection of paintings including Monet, Van Gogh, and Rembrant amongst many others. We ate lunch at the museum.
Then we took a taxi to offices of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) which was founded in 1865. We were given a tour by the Director and she kindly allowed us to see the amazing collection of artifacts, drawings, and maps. It is truely a treasure of archeological research and history.
Then we rode over to the British Library which has an amazing collection of famous manuscripts and books including two of four existing copies of the Magna Carta, the Codex Sinaiticus (one of the oldest copies of the New Testament, originally printings of Shakespere, and original copies of Handel's Messiah and the handwriting lyrics of several Beatles songs.
Then we came back to the Penn Club and began packing and getting ready to leave.
John Wineland
London, England
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