A Look into my Life

So today I made it to the London Transport Museum. The name of it really struck my fancy. The first couple displays had me wishing I would have saved my £6 though. The displays then quickly turned to the evolution of the Underground. Its amazing that the lines have all been dug by hand with the ones closest to the surface being dug as a trench, a tunnel formed, and then back filled and built on top of. There was no actual tunneling. The deep tubes however were made sometime after that and actually tunneled through the earth under London. In the shallowed tubes steam engines were used to pull the cars along the tracks before the electric trains were used. Vents were opened in the top of the tunnels to allow the coal smoke to escape.

Another interesting period in London transportation is the use of tram buses. These looked like standard red buses but were attached to an overhead cable system and used electricity to move. No diesel! There are 3 pictures of one of these tram busses. Make sure to look at the top of the picture to check out the power leads.

Afterwards I walked around Covent Garden. It seems to be one big tourist trap but was nice to walk around. I got an ice cream cone while I was there. I was hungry! I then attempted to head to Holland Park. I was told its very nice and has peacocks and other critters wandering around. But a 15 minute delay on the Central line had me heading back east towards my flat.

Not sure what is on the list for tomorrow, check back to see what I decided!

It’s been a very rough and very hard 24 hours. But I’ve managed to pull myself together and put on a strong face, the show must go on. Last evening we were given tickets to see The Woman in Black at the Fortune Theatre. It was a very slow play, but had its frightening moments. I just can’t really get scared at a play though. The loud noises that they made were more surprising than scary. It was a good first performance for me to see here but I would never recommend it.

This evening I participated on a Jack the Ripper walk through East London. I saw the site where each murder happened. Some streets were just as they were in 1888 and others have developed into modern day structures. Our guide was excellent and gave his guess as to who it was and why it was done. Has to deal with the government and royal family of course and a large cover up. But what isn’t these days? I do wish I would have researched it a little more before before I went but he did and excellent of going through the entire story. So go Google it!

Not much else to report for the next couple days. I hope to tour the Tower of London and check out the London Transport Museum this weekend. I also scheduled a weekend in Scotland for 3-5 October. Should be fun!