I had a wonderful breakfast at the hotel this morning which even came with vegan black pudding.  The weather was sweltering all day. I visited the Jewellery Quarter, with its plethora of old buildings, some of them in poor shape, but others having been lovingly restored.  I visited the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, which is said to have the most important collection of Pre-Raphaelite art in the world; unfortunately, the Pre-Raphalite galley is closed for renovation  However, I did manage to see Last Summer Things were Greener by John Byam Shaw and Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.  I then went to the Birmingham Central Library. Architecturally speaking, the library is fabu, but acrophobics should be warned before entering.  I then took a walk along a canal. 

A Boutique Window near my Hotel.

Exploring the Jewellery Quarter

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Entrance to Cemetery

Clock Tower, Jewellery Quarter

St. Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter

 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Glass Tube Elevator in the Library

Proserpine by Rossetti

Last Summer by Byam Shaw

Edwardian Tea Room inside the Museum & Art Gallery

Central Library

Birmingham City Council Building

Birmingham Town Hall

The Symbol of Birmingham

Breakfast at my Hotel

Tomorrow I am off to see Aston Hall and Aston Hall Road.