Tuesday, July 2

Today was transportation day. We used a bus, a subway, and  the Docklands Light Rail (DLR) to go over to the Olympic Village from last year to ride a cable car called the Emirates Air, see the Thames Barrier which is a movable dam-like structure which keeps London safe from floods but allows river traffic, and ate lunch at The Gun pub on the Isle of Dogs. Quite a day in a section of London that I bet a lot of people never see.

In the evening, we walked across Blackfriars Bridge to St. Bride's church for a choral concert by the BBC singers. They performed three pieces, one of them by Benjamin Britten. The first, by a relatively new composer who composed a hit piece for Kate and William's wedding was based on a Welsh folk tale and was quite dramatic. There was the main set of singers, brass, and a children's choir, and several soloists.

On our walk back, we stopped at Dogget's Restaurant at the south end of Blackfriar's Bridge and had a nightcap. Good Day.