Greetings Family and Friends,

We headed into London today to see the London poppies.  There are 888,246 poppies in the Tower of London commemorating that number of soldiers from the United Kingdom, Austrailia, and the Commonwealth that died in World War I, 100 years ago.  What a profound sight...

Check out these website to learn more....each poppy is hand-made and is ceramic.

http://poppies.hrp.org.uk

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2810085/The-field-remembrance-grows-Tower-London-moat-nearly-ceramic-poppies-commemorating-World-War-s-victims.html

Here are a few photos from London today....

The next blog entry will be from Barcelona!

Love to all,

Ellie and Gary

The Gerkin, London

Above:  The Gerkin

The Gerkin, London

Above:  The Gerkin

The Hippothames, London

Above:  The Hippothames, St. Katherine's Dock

Gary and Ellie, London, St. Katherine's Dock, London

Above:  Ellie and Gary, St. Katherine's Dock

Poppies Commemorating 100th Anniversary of World War I, London

Above:  The Poppies, Tower of London Moat

Poppies Pouring over the Tower of London Wall

Above:  The Poppies, Tower of London Wall

Poppies, Tower of London, London

Above:  The Poppies, Tower of London Moat

The Old and the New, London

Above:  The Old and the New--London

The Tower of London, London

Above:  The Poppies, Tower of London Moat