Well I am now back in much colder London. On the last day in Santorini I went back to the Prehistoric Museum to just wander around and look at the items. I find that when you read all the notes attached to the items you miss really looking at them. I was intrigued by the tablet that had the Linear A script on it - I have seen the Linear B before but not Linear A . They look similar to my untrained eye and I was wondering why they have only been able to descipher Linear B. They also had a bathtub which was tiny by our standards but then I remembered the Guide said they were ony average height of 5'3". when having lunch on my last day I was gazing out over the sea and noticed people arriving - which in itself was not unusual - but the fact that those helping them with the luggage virtually run down the pathway steps with these big cases on their shoulders was.
London is much colder so I went to the Tower of London and did the Beefeaters tour - I must admit it worries me a bit the gruesome tales of the executions with children on the Tour. Then off to Kensington Palace to see the new Queen Victoria exhibition. The jewelery is just breathtaking - but what I found really interesting was seeing her hand writing and the clothes her and her husband wore - she was much tinier than I thought. Then I had a print out of a great fire of London walk and was excited to be going to the place where it started. Would you believe when I got to the plaque in Pudding Lane it said the fire started 'near here' - what does that mean 10 ' away, 20' away - I was so disappointed.
It is a rare sunny day today so I am off to wander around London.
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