Hi everyone!  I am glad to see that the staff at Discovery North Bay have been so keenly updating the Blog since my departure (I say, tongue firmly in-cheek). 

Well, for the three or four of you reading this, you'll be happy to know that I have taken my show on the road, and have arrived safely in London, UK (no, not London, Ontario) and have already begun taking in the history here. 

Yesterday, I visited the Tower of London.  Sadly, I can't prove this with pictures, as I don't have a camera (yet) and have been relying on some new friends to take my pictures for me.  I guess the point of this, though, is to say that I have already begun my plan to spread Shadwear across the Globe.  You know those stores or shops that have pictures of people with their t-shirts/bags/funny toys/whatever, in front of world landmarks?  Well, I want to do that with Shadwear.  So, soon enough, I will be posting some photos of my favourite t-shirt, in front of some of my favourite London locales.

But anyway, the Tower of London was spectacular.  Really something else.  It's been a lifetime dream of mine to see the Crown Jewels, which are housed at the Tower in a super-secure vault designed just for the purpose of allowing visitors to come in without taking any of the jewels as souvenirs.  The verdict: They are amazing. 

The Tower itself is also quite incredible.  It's much larger than I had ever thought it would be, and quite varied in form and function.  Its most famous function was that of a prison, but did you know that it was never built for this purpose?  It just happened to be a very good place to keep prisoners...

Okay, that's all I have for today.  Prove to me that you're reading this, and leave me a comment! 

Posted by: Kyle, @DNB Blog Foreign Correspondent
 


Comments

Lorraine

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:44:11

 

Lorraine

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:46:08

Read your post this morning,,, found it interesting. Hope you have a great time in England,,, so what is this shad wear you speak of. Myself and my husband are North Bay natives but we live further north now... but always seem to gravitate back to the Bay.... hope you do as well....

 

Jenn

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:51:09

Great posting from across the pond Kyle! Thank you for sharing your global love of history.

For Lorraine - shadwear is a line of tshirts that our museum has designed as a fundraiser. They have a picture of our beloved shadfly on them. Certainly you remember the great shads of North Bay :)

 



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