The bottom right photo is a view from the dome
  balcony and shows that St. Pauls isn't as large as it appears
  from the outside... the center is the nave and there is a
  large open area on each side between the cathedral and the
  outer walls.

          There is a Memorial Chapel behind the altar dedicated
  to the 28,000 United States men and women based in Britain
  who gave their lives during the war. Sir Winston Churchill
  said, "Our two countries parted long ago by war, were
  brought together again by war in unity and understanding
  such as we had never known....
         "We shall not forget those gallant American soldiers,
  sailors, and airmen who fought with us - some in our own
  ranks, countless others from our shores."

  


          After St. Paul's Cathedral, we went to the British
  Museum (which mom calls the Egyptian Museum). It does
  have a huge inventory of artifacts from Egypt, Assyria,
  and Greece. Ancient three dimensional murals (see the
  lion bottom left), mummies, ancient dolls, huge lions which
  had guarded Assyrian palaces 800 years before Christ,
  and huge statues of Ramesses and other pharaohs; some
  were so heavy that they had to be cut up and have holes
  drilled in them to move them. There were many statues,
  or parts of statues--some body parts didn't survive, but
  it's really amazing what has survived!

         The Rosetta Stone is also on display. This huge rock
  was unearthed in the Egyptian desert in 1799 and it
  allowed Egyptian writing to be decoded because it
  contains a single inscription repeated in three languages. 

         The museum was a very interesting building within a
  building; this glass-covered courtyard separates the main
  galleries with a rotunda in the middle containing a Reading
  Room.

 
         That afternoon, mom and I went to the Orangery at Kensington Palace
  for High Tea. There were a few wedding parties there, which added to the
  formality; the food was delicious, and we enjoyed the tea in England (we've
  both been trying more varieties since we've been home).

         We didn't have time to tour Kensington Palace that afternoon, but we did
  enjoy the gardens and park before heading back for our last supper with the
  tour group.

         We had our last supper at
  another pub near our temporary
  home, this one with lovely murals
  on the walls. My mother's 70th 
  birthday was in May and my
  siblings celebrated with her, but
  I live 1900 miles away from them,
  and wasn't able to join them. I'd
  asked Tom if we could have a cake
  with our last supper so I'd also be
  able to celebrate mom's birthday.
  It turned out there were a number
  of celebrations... birthdays,
  anniversaries, and graduations, so
  Tom picked up the cake and we
  had a surprise celebration for many!
  It was fun. We had a great tour
  group and Tom is a great guide!!!
  (Tom is wearing red in the front of
  the top left picture.)

               That evening we were too
  full to do anything but pack and
  write post-cards.