Woke up today after a fabulous ten hours of sleep....which is sadly probably moIre that I've had since Sunday total... To be greeted by a English continental breakfast...cereal yogurt fruit ham and cheese slices rolls and criossants...lots of which made for a fabulous english lunch while stuck on the tube, then headed out for seeing the sights day two... Beginnging with a tube ride during which they made the announcement " please disregard the next message" and then proceeded to announce "there has been an emergency everyone must vacate the station immediately" thank goodness for that first announcement !
changing of the guard at buckingham pallace which in luxed a pop music concert by the guard band, another bought with a rain storm, rendezvous with ems, a quick stop in a coffee shop ro warm up, then off on the tube for our trek to the tower on London. This prooved to be tube adventure number two of the day when we suddenly stopped between two platforms and saw train off for nearly fifteen minutes before we were up and moving again, only to have to get right off and transfer to a double decker bus since the line was closed for the moment any farther ahead
At the tower saw a few jewels...including a 513 carat diamond in the moat heavily guarded place in all of London ( this is where the crown jewels are kept) oggled some more diamonds, decided I like oval or brillant cut best, Walked the wall around the castle, checked out some armor and artillery and took some funny pictures.
Next stop: English pub for some fish and chips and English ales. Dad got a little silly started asking where the wold boars for the sausage come from and so we decided it was time to go. Scoped out millenium bridge the globe theRe're and the Tate modern before heading back for the night....though we has to leave again for a cadbury egg and hot chocolate run.
Pics tomorrow morning perhaps before heading to the portabello road market and the travel book shop... Yes it will be a nottinghill kind of day.
changing of the guard at buckingham pallace which in luxed a pop music concert by the guard band, another bought with a rain storm, rendezvous with ems, a quick stop in a coffee shop ro warm up, then off on the tube for our trek to the tower on London. This prooved to be tube adventure number two of the day when we suddenly stopped between two platforms and saw train off for nearly fifteen minutes before we were up and moving again, only to have to get right off and transfer to a double decker bus since the line was closed for the moment any farther ahead
At the tower saw a few jewels...including a 513 carat diamond in the moat heavily guarded place in all of London ( this is where the crown jewels are kept) oggled some more diamonds, decided I like oval or brillant cut best, Walked the wall around the castle, checked out some armor and artillery and took some funny pictures.
Next stop: English pub for some fish and chips and English ales. Dad got a little silly started asking where the wold boars for the sausage come from and so we decided it was time to go. Scoped out millenium bridge the globe theRe're and the Tate modern before heading back for the night....though we has to leave again for a cadbury egg and hot chocolate run.
Pics tomorrow morning perhaps before heading to the portabello road market and the travel book shop... Yes it will be a nottinghill kind of day.
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