* * * * * 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...