Sunday Roast and the Imperial War Museum

On Sundays in England they have a lovely tradition of having "roasts" at all the pubs and restaurants.  There is usually roast beef, roast lamb and roast pork and, of course, Yorkshire Pudding (a lovely puff pastry).  Deb and Bob treated us to a fabulous luncheon at The Dysart Inn just up the street from where we are living. 

The Dysart Inn

It was a lovely restaurant which has been beautifully renovated.  We had a scrumptuous lunch - one of us had roast beek, two of us has roast lamb with mint sauce and one of us had roast pork - and we all thoroughly enjoyed this good meal.

(Notice we all have our sneakers on.)  After lunch we took the bus and train into London to the Imperial War Museum, one of the most incredible museums in London.  It was built in what used to be the psychiatric hospital in London - called Bedlam (this is where the term comes from).

We spent hours pouring over the various exhibits - mostly from World War I and II but also included various other recent conflicts.  There was an interesting exhibit where you could actually "experience" the bomb shelter and blitz experience from World War II and another of the trenches of World War I. It was very sobering and more than a little depressing and very interesting all at the same time.  The holocaust exhibit was particular good and particularly hard to go through.

Afterwards we walked back to the river and happened to come upon a pedestrian tunnel under Waterloo Station.  It was absolutely covered with graffiti and there were people in there spray painting as we walked through. 

At the far end we came upon the following sign!

When we got to th river, Deb and Bob went for a ride on the huge London Eye (ferris wheel).  Larry and I took a pass and wandered home.

Another wonderfully full tiring day in London.  There is so much to see and do here.  I'm so glad we have three weeks in England.