London, England
September 27-28, 2016
When stopping in London, it's nice to catch a play. Barb wanted to see the show "Beautiful" about the life of Carole King and all of the music she wrote and performed. It was quite good. For the evening show we went to see Aladdin.
Day 2 we hopped on and off the Big B again. The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace was going on, so we stopped to watch and see the beautiful horses.
In the afternoon we had tea at Sketch. We were definitely the oldest people in there, but it is a cute place. After we walked along Regent Street and back to our hotel.
September 27-28, 2016
London
Town
Even
though London is a very big city it only feels big when you are stuck in
traffic when you are late for a play.
When you walk into a pub to get some lunch you are treated as if you are
neighbors around the corner in a small town.
London always feels like home.
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| View from our Hotel room at Marriott County Hall |
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| Front of our hotel |
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| Twinings-The Queens Tea |
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| Selfie along the river |
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| From our hotel balcony, looking at Westminster and the London Eye |
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| London Town |
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| Big Ben |
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| Guards |
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| Westminster Abbey |
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| Westminster Abbey |
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| Looking across the river at our hotel |
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| Guards |
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| An old church |
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| Marble Arch |
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| London by night |
We took a tour of London on the Big B bus system. You can hop on and off at all the major sites. We stopped at St. Paul's Cathedral and got our exercise by climbing to the top.
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| On the bus |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| Hiking to the top |
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| Keep going |
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| From near the top, looking down through glass to the main floor |
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| View from near the top |
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| Barb halfway up |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
Next stop-The Tower of London.
Even
though we have been to London many times it was fun to take the guided tour at
the Tower of London provided free of charge by a Beefeater Guard who is a
resident of the Tower grounds. He was
able to mix history lessons with humor.
It is not easy to mix in humor with the tales of all the queens,
nobleman and peasants that were beheaded at the Tower over the centuries. We walked through the Crown Jewels.
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| Tower of London |
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| Tower Bridge |
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| Crown Jewels |
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| Tower Bridge |
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| The London Eye |
When stopping in London, it's nice to catch a play. Barb wanted to see the show "Beautiful" about the life of Carole King and all of the music she wrote and performed. It was quite good. For the evening show we went to see Aladdin.
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| The play about Carole King |
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| Barb loved it! |
Day 2 we hopped on and off the Big B again. The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace was going on, so we stopped to watch and see the beautiful horses.
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| Beautiful tall elegant horses |
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| Bands played |
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| Barb at Buckingham Palace |
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| Watching the horse parade |
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| Through the Gates |
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| Scott at the palace |
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| Buckingham Fountain |
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| Having fish and chips at a pub |
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| Barb using the obsolete phone |
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| River walk |
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| Scott at the Tower of London |
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| When there is a crown on the lamp post, the Queen owns the street |
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| London |
In the afternoon we had tea at Sketch. We were definitely the oldest people in there, but it is a cute place. After we walked along Regent Street and back to our hotel.
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| Afternoon Tea at Sketch |
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| Inside Sketch |
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| The bathrooms at Sketch-like a toilet in a bod pod |
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| Very cute tea sets |
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| Another tea room at Sketch |
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| Barb enjoying all the snacks at Tea |
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