Blogs from St Katharine Docks, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

So what do you do when you know your time is running out in London? We had plenty of things to do on the boat, but we also knew we were going to Chatham Marina where work could continue on the boat, so…. You guessed it, we continued to spend time walking around London and even got to some new places we hadn’t been before. Those of you that have followed our blog know that we are a sucker for a market. We heard about the Petticoat Lane market full of inexpensive clothes to buy, the flower market on Columbia Street and the markets down in the Brick Lane & Limehouse area so we of course had to go. The big day for the market is Sunday so we headed out and did plenty of walking, ... read more

Just after getting back from visiting friends in Germany we had visits from two sets of friends here in London. George, Heather and their son Alistair were able to make it to Tsamaya for a dinner. We first met them when we were in Botswana and haven’t seen them since 1986 when we visited their home outside of London. Alistair we last saw in 2002 in Trumansburg when he spent a gap year in the US. Two days later we connected with John and Jan, friends that we had made the first year we were cruising. We met them in Stuart, FL and enjoyed both Christmas and New Year’s with them. Fortunately for us they were visiting family in the London area and made arrangements to stop by for a visit. It is always nice to ... read more