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              *     *     *     *    *        For the rest of my days off I did the “tourist thing.”  Taking in the Tower of London, I was honestly so blown away by the armory – with all its suits of armor and racks upon racks of various weapons – I never got to see the crown jewels.          Tower of London.       King Henry VIII’s armor. Note testicle “protector.” Or was the King just boasting?       The Imperial State Crown. Which I missed.      At the National Gallery - with over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900s – once again I was thunderstruck by the richness and pageantry of England’s history.        The National Gallery.      In between these events I had the privilege of taking i...