{"id":5816,"date":"2017-05-02T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2017-05-12T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T20:30:33","slug":"may-2-london-canary-wharf-tower-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=5816","title":{"rendered":"May 2 – London Canary Wharf & Tower of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

London Docklands Museum<\/p>\n

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Today our first destination was the London Docklands Museum at the Canary Wharf development.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The Docklands Museum is really well done & tells the history of London & the Docklands area over many decades.<\/p>\n

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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!<\/p>\n

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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 \u00a3 redevelopment project led by the Reichman brothers who leveraged their mega project development experience gained in Canada & other locations around the world.<\/p>\n

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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 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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We walked around the perimiter of London Tower & then crossed the Tower Bridge – along with a few thousand other sightseers.<\/p>\n

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I’ve walked more miles in the past 7 days than I have walked in the previous 7 months!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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