Day 1 in London

We made it here with no incident after being rebooked on British Air, which I’d recommend to anyone who flies here. Even the food was good :)
747Cabin
Sleeping on a plane is never good, unless you’re in 1st class. But my travel partner Rebecca took advantage of 4 open seats in a row :)
Rebecca Streached Out
I put many of the pictures in this gallery. I took about 2-300 pictures a day, but mostly included pictures with people in them in the gallery. If anyone wants pictures of the art or the architecture , which was amazing, email me. I’ll eventually put the art and architecture pictures in a gallery connected with this one.
When we arrived, Wendell picked us up and connected us with our delegation…unfortunately it was after they’d finished the tour of Windsor Castle. It was magnificent from the outside and much bigger and more spacious then I’d imagined (No Pics as we were headed out to the birthplace of democracy…
Our Delegation
On our way to where the people of England forced their King to sign the Magna Carta giving power to the people and setting the stage for democracy around the world, including those 1st rebel state of our good ‘ol USA
Magna Carta
Then we hiked off to one of only two parcels of ground in the UK owned by the United States…
JFK Sign
Delegates & Leaders remember John F. Kennedy and enjoyed budding friendships.
Delegates & Leaders remember JFK
Friendships at JFK memorial
We returned to the ‘Coach’ to motor to our hotel and the end of a very full 1st day that startede in the USA!
Returning
On the coach
There were too many views of London to post, but here are a few…
London Views
The leadership team we get to observe is GR8!
With Our Leaders
Of course, if you know me, you’ll know why I had to put this in :)
Red Shoppe
Here’s the view from my hotel room for the 1st few days..
Hotel View
I truly think we’ve started down the path to understanding England and eachother
On Our Way

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