We first took a bus down to Trafalgar Square, the home of statues and historical memories and street entertainers. Bagpipes were playing somewhere and the square seemed spilling over with young people, but we ducked aside and went quickly into the British Museum, where we spent a long visit with 19th century British art. We especially focused on the paintings of John Constable, long one of my favorite artists, but so many of the paintings by other artists were equally appealing. A dark, somber scene by Cezanne was one of my favorites, and Delycia especially enjoyed a light-filled painting by Georges Braque.
We then walked over to beautiful St. James Park, where we sat for an hour in the sunshine, watching the people as well as the many swans and ducks on the river. Then, it was over to the nearby Thames for a stroll along the embankment and then the hour-long walk back to Russell Square and our hotel.
Dinner tonight was outdoors in the nippy autumn air at Carluccio's, a short walk from the hotel.
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