We started our day today at the London Mithraeum Museum. While we waited for our entry time at the museum we had to dodge yet another marathon race. It appears like they run a lot in London. Back to the museum, the 2,000 year old temple of Mithra was found when they were digging the foundations for a major building in the middle of London. The museum displayed some of the artifacts they found as well as the foundations of the temple.

We then moved over to the Guildhall Gallery a few streets over. This brought us by the church we wanted to see yesterday. This time it was open. We stopped in to find a wind orchestra practicing. We listened a while and continued on our way.

The Guildhall has been part of London’s administrative centre for hundreds of years. The part we saw today was built in the late 1880’s. the original design for the building had to change when they found the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre under the planned site. The current building was redeveloped in the 1980’s as the original building was damaged in WWII. We took a guided toured of the art gallery before heading down to the amphitheatre.

The original amphitheatre was big enough to hold the same number of people as Roger’s Place in Edmonton (approx 16,000 people).

We headed back to our lodgings by tube and stopped for supper in Sloan Square. After a relaxing meal we wandered by St. Barnabus church, which was also open as a part of the Open London Festival. A lovely lady gave us a tour of the church.

We made it home before the rain started and made an early night watching TV. As we were relaxing, we noticed people climbing over a hedge and into the neighbour’s patio. After asking them what was up, we learned that their dog had gotten loose and was trapped on the patio. We had a good chat as they turned out to be neighbours and they gave us some good info on sites to see. Tomorrow we are off to the British Museum.