Tower of London

All finished on the Gueugnon project - no more white cows, saucisson, driving lessons and French countryside. Very interesting experience and has made me realise how much I like training people on Six Sigma (how nerdy!).
Managed to chat to many people this week including Michael & Rachel, Lye Seng, Steve & Sandra, Fiona, Fiona, Vicki, Jacqui, Eppie & Jean and Koufu & Ye Leong. It's great to find out how everyone else is going.
I visited the Tower of London this weekend. It is the last place in London that I had been meaning to visit and hadn't yet done. The English Crown Jewels are very impressive but the exhibition is not done as well as the Scottish one. There is very little information on the designs & history of each piece. The Yeoman Warder tour was very entertaining. I think they get chosen as much for their personalities as for their service in the armed forces. The site of the Scaffold (the private execution place for the royals and other important people) is quite strange - there is a sculpture there with a glass pillow/cushion in memory of the people who had their heads hacked off (including Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard). There was a hands-on display in the White Tower where you could feel some of the types of weapons they used to use. There was one display where you could draw a bow and depending on how hard you pulled back, it would tell you if you hit the enemy. I watched several boys pull as hard as they could and they all overshot the target. So, when I had a go, I pulled it to the middle and got to 'You're a Natural', just short of the target. Brains over brawn every time. ; )
On a side note, this is the first year in memory that I have missed the Oscars. What is more, I didn't even find out the results until just recently, not that I have seen any of the films (except such high brow winners as Ratatouille and Bourne Ultimatum, both of which I loved). Not sure that I missed a lot, what happy films 'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood' sound like, but I did miss bitching about how beautiful people can make themselves so ugly in prime time.
I anticipate a very large entry next time...Stay tuned.