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 ![]()
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 ![]()
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…
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
Then we hiked off to one of only two parcels of ground in the UK owned by the United States…
Delegates & Leaders remember John F. Kennedy and enjoyed budding friendships.
We returned to the ‘Coach’ to motor to our hotel and the end of a very full 1st day that startede in the USA!
There were too many views of London to post, but here are a few…
The leadership team we get to observe is GR8!
Of course, if you know me, you’ll know why I had to put this in ![]()
Here’s the view from my hotel room for the 1st few days..
I truly think we’ve started down the path to understanding England and eachother