Today we visited the world's largest maritime museum. It's all about the great admiral, Horatio Nelson, and the Royal Navy.
We started our day with a nice 25 minute bus ride to Uxbridge.
View from our bus--get out of our way, truck.
From Uxbridge, we rode the Metropolitan Line (Underground) to the Baker Street Station. Then we transferred to the Jubilee Line (Underground) and took it all the way to Canary Wharf. At Canary Wharf, we found the DLR train to Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich. I sure wish Kansas City had effective public transportation systems.
We LOVE the Metropolitan Line; it's newer, cleaner, and not crowded (at this time of day).
Three photos of the Cutty Sark.
Photo 2
Photo 3
A nice stroll from the Cutty Sark to the National Maritime Museum. So beautiful and of course, nothing but PERFECT weather. We ALWAYS have perfect weather on our travels.
We broke for lunch and let Isaiah feed the pigeons. Two toddlers were interrupting Isaiah's feeding session with this pigeon. They actually startled the poor bird and made it fly INTO the eating area. The pigeon then kept flying into the glass trying to get back out to where Isaiah had the bread. It was quite entertaining to watch the people inside the restaurant scatter during their meal. Some nice man decided to take matters into his own hands--literally! He picked up that pigeon and walked it back outside. He received a standing ovation for his resolve and rescue!
The museum had many interactive videos. Neat place.
Some of the quotes were interesting.
Horatio Nelson
The combined knife and fork--so he could eat with only his left hand.
What a wonderful world map. Nothing like hands-on/feet-on geography lessons.
Our lunch was lousy, so thank goodness we found a "Paul's" on our way out of the museum.
We decided that we need to all meet here again when Dax is 96 years young. What funny, interesting conversations these two boys have together. Love them.
Leaving the National Maritime Museum.
Yes, it was much more crowded on the way back. Making funny faces and blowing bubbles between Underground passengers.
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