Friday afternoon we went out to look for more Blue Plaques in the nearby neighborhood.  The plaques are thick in the Fitzroy Square area that is about a 15 minute walk from this apartment.  The plaques for Joseph Lister (antiseptic procedures) and Henry Adams (US Ambassador and grandson and great-grandson of two US presidents) were covered by scaffolding, otherwise we were pretty successful. 

Saturday we were off to Highgate Cemetery.  We have been to the East side before, but this time we signed up for the tour of the West Cemetery.  The tour was terrific (have you noticed that just about everything we do is terrific?  Maybe that’s why we do these things.).  The place is still being used, but it had been abandoned for many years so it is overgrown and many of the monuments are overgrown and many other monuments have deteriorated in the 150+ years since it first opened.  There are large trees everywhere.  The West side is the oldest part of the cemetery.  The volunteer guide is a member of The Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust maintains the place.  The photos tell most of the story.  But as we were nearing the end of the tour and getting back to the entrance Sue said that there must be somebody named Wynn buried here.  Well two minutes later as the guide is finishing the tour Sue spots the grave of Arthur Henry Ashford WYNN.  So I google this guy, and this is where the karma continues.  Besides being a scientist he was also a RUSSIAN spy!  Part of the reason to visit is to take my photo (again) at the grave of Karl Marx with my Red Star bag, and it turns out that a guy with my last name was a Russian spy.  You can’t make this stuff up.

If you are interested this is a link to the Cemetery’s web page: http://highgatecemetery.org/about/history

Sunday August 24, 2014 Addendum

We tried again to go to the Natural History Museum and there was a very long line, so we came home had lunch and then went out to find more plaques.  I’ve added the photos without comments, you can google them if you are interested.

I also added photos of the Michelin Building.  It is now a restaurant.  Here is link to the Wikipedia page about the building: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_House

Stella McCartney, Paul’s daughter has a store next door.  I’m all written out.

Aug 22 2014 Blue Plaques London 

Aug 23, 2014 Highgate London 

Aug 24 2014 Michelin London 

Aug 24 2014 Blue Plaques London