Well, in the stables of Her Majesty’s palace anyway. 😉 Shelly, Simon, Alyssa, Jessica and Mark travelled from the Isle of Wight to join us for the day in London. It was wonderful to see them all again, especially Alyssa who we hadn’t seen for ages! We met them at Victoria Station then walked to the Buckingham…
Category: England
Meanwhile, back in London…
After returning from Ireland it was time for a spot of shopping. No, just kidding, it was time to visit some museums. Mike went to the Science Museum, while I went to the Victoria and Albert museum around the corner; a big corner. These museums are pretty big! I appreciated this rather large tapestry of a…
1500 stairs in one day
We hopped onto a double-decker bus and headed in the direction of St Paul’s Cathedral. We saw a few interesting things on the way. Firstly, this Twinings tea shop which must be the smallest ever! And then a rather small road. And this cute shop! Then we arrived at St Paul’s Cathedral which was larger…
Visiting Honor Oak and a Mousetrap
On our first full day in London we had the morning set aside for meeting someone very important to us. She lives in a suburb of London, Honor Oak, so we joined the masses going on the London Underground in Victoria Station. Eventually we got to Honor Oak. The old Honor Oak buildings (that we were…
Cool Britannia!
Well, I thought I had an original title for this post, a play on “Rule Britannia”, but on our second day in London, from the top of a double-decker bus, what did I see? A shop called “Cool Britannia”. Oh well, so much for being original! 🙂 We left Calais early and waited a while…