Call It What You Want...

Laundry dry, and several minutes of Wii played (yesterday), today David and I were off to East London, first to the Ragged School, and then to Eltham Palace.

On the walk along the canal, we got to see a boat (and its two occupants) navagate one of many locks. That was kind of neat.

I got scolded in the ragged school for talking during lessons, but succeeded in writing the alphabet and other assignments right handed as instructed by the school teacher. (She actually said I didn't have to since it isn't really a Victorian school, but I naturally rose to the challenge.)

Eltham Palace was a 1930s building built onto a very old Great Hall. It had some very impressive Art Deco stuff throughout; I was very impressed with the flex maple paneling (very thin veneer glued on paper and used as wallpaper). We also stopped at a garden on the way that had the most impressive roses I've seen since the Portland Rose Gardens. Wow.

We came back by way of a double decker bus to the former Millenium Dome (now known as O₂) for a little snack and a long wait for the loo, then back on the Tube to Chateau David & Amanda for a little quick Wii and supper and the Mean and Nasty Horse Racing Game (a present I got them for Christmas a couple years back). I ended up winning £16,990,000 to a few hundred thousand each, all accomplished on the last race. (Fun game.)

Now it's some reality TV and off to bed, resting up for a day with Amanda tomorrow.