The Agle Jrs. In London – Day 7

Today, we made a quick visit to Trafalgar Square to see the large monuments up close that we had seen from the bus tour. Then, we tubed to Euston Station, where we split up briefly. The women went to the shopping district of Milton Keynes and met up with Nana and Grandpa.

I went to Bushey to visit the old university where the family once lived (a long time ago in a country far away). It still has the monument on the corner (International University – Europe), but it has fallen into disrepair.
Although blocked to traffic, I slipped through the front gate and found a man named Ted, who works under Dave Rogowski, the caretaker of the property. He remembered hearing my name (actually Dad’s name), from both Dave and his father-in-law, Norm Ballantine (Dave is, ironically, visiting the U.S. right now). He kindly showed me around and let me take a number of pictures. The campus has changed hands a number of times over the years, but it looks like the currently intended use is going to stick, since they are actually in the process of construction.
Our old house in the front corner of the campus is being gutted (see picture) and renovated as some high-end flats (in the 1.4 million to 1.5 million pound neighborhood, that’s about $3 million U.S.). Kinda sad to see, but I’m going to start saving my pennies.
I then made a brief visit to Watford, which has been transformed into a completely unrecognizable indoor mall.
Then I made my way to Leighton Buzzard (a town much more pleasant than it sounds) where I met up with the women again and we had dinner with the Hills (Linda and Andrew), the couple we first met at the temple and had once hosted during their visit to the states when we lived in Glendale.