Some of us opted to not take advantage of the Shore Excursions offered by the ship. Instead we ventured into Cozumel from our docking place at the City Pier and wandered around town. The agreement was to meet for lunch at Carlos and Charlie’s. The uninitiated found out how very exciting it can be to hang out at this Cozumel landmark. One of our friends learned the hard way that two yard long Margarita’s and eight Conga line shots of tequila in less than two hours might be a little too much!
The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
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