London Docklands Museum

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Today our first destination was the London Docklands Museum at the Canary Wharf development.

This museum was recommended to us by Catherine ‘s close friend Barb Ford. She & her husband Bruce spent 6 weeks living in London last year while Bruce was doing research at Kew Gardens. They gave us lots of great tips on what to see & do while we were here.

We have travelled extensively using London’s mass transit system “The Tube” (subway) & the above-ground rail system. It is very convenient & economical to use. Catherine has done an excellent job figuring out routes for us to take each day. We are moving around the city like locals now & even have had other tourists stop & ask us for directions! I always refer them to Catherine 🙂

The Docklands Museum is really well done & tells the history of London & the Docklands area over many decades.

It also has an area devoted to the Docklands during the Second World War. The photo below shows an emergency bomb shelter for 1 – 2 persons. I cannot imagine being shut up in one of these during an air raid!

After we left the Museum we took around the Canary Wharf business district. This huge area even has a Canadian connection as it was a multi-billion £ redevelopment project led by the Reichman brothers who leveraged their mega project development experience gained in Canada & other locations around the world.

After touring Canary Wharf we got back on the Tube & went into the center of the city to visit the Tower of London & the Tower Bridge – some other real estate developments that have been around considerably longer than Canary Wharf 🙂

We walked around the perimiter of London Tower & then crossed the Tower Bridge – along with a few thousand other sightseers.

I’ve walked more miles in the past 7 days than I have walked in the previous 7 months!

Tomorrow is our last day in London. Now it’s time to rest up for our next adventures. My feet are looking forward to a nice, long soak in a hot bath.

Cheers!