Blogs from Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8

This was a very pleasant walk, City of London to City of Westminster. Most of it lay south of the river, through areas I hadn't visited before. I arrived at Bank Station at about half past twelve in the afternoon and because of visiting museums and churches along the way it was quite dark before I reached Westminster. Unfortunately I hadn't taken my camera with me so I had to use my iPhone. And even more unfortunately, I took most of the pictures using the Camera Plus app, without realising that I had to save them. So out of the many photos I took, only four were on the iPod when I got home :-) The walk started with a bit of a wander around the Bank area, walking around the Royal Exchange. Then the route ... read more

Day 1 OCT 25. Arrivée à Westminster, vu Big Ben et les Houses of Parliament. Très impressionnant, avons également aperçu le London Aquarium où nous irons plus tard. Avons décidé de visiter Westminster Abbey où se trouvent enterrés plus de mille hommes célèbres. Avons vu la tombe de Charles Dickens dont nous avons lu David Copperfield Vraiment magnifique abbaye mais entrée très chère 15 pounds adulte. A la sortie, nous avons entendu sonner Big Ben. Puis un petit tour au Mac Do de Trafalgar Square, (double decker bus) avant de rejoindre toujours en bus Oxford Circus et Hamleys. Menu Mac Do: ENORME quarterpounder au bacon! Hamley's c'est génial, plus de cinq étages avec des démonstrations de jouets partout! Les vendeurs chantent des petites chansons : l'un deux chantait "Helicopter, fly so high, in the sky, helicopter, ... read more

Survived first day. Navigated the London Tube (thanks to Jerry). Patrick is right. The fish n chips here are the BEST! I can check one more item off my bucket list. We saw Love's Labours Lost at the Globe in London tonight.the ay was hilarious. Way better than when we read it last week. It's true.. Plays are meant tobe viewed...not just read;-) it's 11pm here Sunday night and haven't slept yet...good night for now Kristeen. Day 1... read more

21 to 24 August 2009 Our tour is quickly coming to an end, and for the final four days we have set the insurmountable task of seeing London with a few side visits to some of the nearby counties. First thing to note, the people, not the variety - the sheer volume of them. While it seems the rest of Europe was on a laid back summer vacation everyone is here and moving all at once. After a few deep breaths we got amongst it - after a nice sleep in at our fabulous accomodation Hotel Rubens at Buckingham Palace. You couldn't type-cast a more 'English' hotel it was great fun and for those of you familiar with the territory, it was across the road from the Royal Mews where the Queen's carriages are kept. Hard ... read more

Nice toe! I just noticed it today. I thought I'd get a bruise on my elbow or knee ... but not my toe. Still fighting my cold. Planned on resting the entire day, but Kim and I got flat fever around 2:00 p.m. We walked to the rather eclectic part of London, around the theatre district. Went to a couple of shops and then found a colorful alley with cute shops and eateries. We hung around a bit. Met up with Rich and walked a fairly long way to a bookstore he wanted to check out. When we got there, it had just closed. But the walk was nice and I got a lot of pics. We took the "tube" back towards their flat and ate dinner at their favorite Mexican (yep Mexican) restaurant. It was ... read more