In mid-October, Nicole came for a visit!! Most reading this blog should know, but just in case, Nicole was a friend in college, roommate, big sis and one of my dearest and best friends. I was so glad she was able to make the trip to visit London!
The day she arrived was OU/texas, so we joined the OU and texas alumni clubs of London for a watch party. We were definitely outnumbered by the texas fans, but still won the day - Boomer Sooner!
Later in the week we visited the Tower of London to see the Poppies. 2014 is the 100 year anniversary of the start of World War One. The Poppies were an art installation in the moats around the Tower of London. One ceramic red poppy was planted for each British life lost during WW1, so there were over a million. Volunteers came and did the "planting" of the majority of them and it occurred over several months. My running route on Wednesdays comes by here, so every week it looked a bit different. The entire thing was finished in early November and taken down on Armistice Day. So when Nicole visited in mid-October, it was near completion.
I thought they were so beautiful and too bad they couldn't leave them up permanently! The ceramic poppies were sold as a fund-raiser for veterans organizations, so each one was pulled up and sent to its new owner. There is also apparently going to be a permanent exhibit at one of the museums in London.
We had a really sunny day in London, so spent the afternoon walking to enjoy it! We also did some shopping, saw a musical in the West End and had some delicious dinners.
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