Our London Vacation

Susan has been packed now for several days. I packed yesterday. We planned to leave at 1 p.m. Atlanta time. We finally left at 1:09 according to the clock in my car.
As we were pulling out of our subdivision, Susan asked me if I had my teeth. She was referring to my retainer. I […]

Previous Day: Friday, We Leave for London
About an hour and a half before our arrival, the flight crew turned the cabin lights back on and began serving breakfast. Breakfast included a fruit cup, yogurt, fruit bar and juice.
Very soon, we were circling Gatwick Airport on a cloudy Saturday morning. The glimpses I got of […]

We walked down Birdcage Walk, which borders St. James Park on the side opposite from The Mall. Birdcage took us back out to Horseguards Road. We noticed the sign pointing to the Churchill War Room, so we stopped in there. Susan and I are both World War II buffs, so we came to London […]

Previous Day: Saturday, Our First Full Day in London
We got up around 9:30, showered and went to breakfast, this time getting breakfast free (or at least as a part of the cost of the room). After breakfast we went back to the room briefly, then headed out. Tip: We ate heavy breakfasts–which is unusual […]

We left the museum and began walking back toward our hotel. On the way back we passed the National Gallery, which contains over 2000 portraits of England’s most famous individuals. Like the British Museum, the National Gallery is free, but accepts donations. Photos aren’t allowed inside the gallery, so we don’t have anything to […]

Previous Day: Sunday, We Take In Some History at the British Museum
We got up about 8:30 a.m. and went downstairs for breakfast, which included the exact same items as yesterday’s breakfast.
After breakfast we left the hotel and walked to Leicester Square, which was the designated loading point for the tour bus we had booked […]

The tallest and largest building in the center of the grounds is called The White Tower. There are several floors with different exhibits, including weapons, suits of armor, torture devices and more. This building had many uses, including housing kings and their families, an armory, a chapel, etc.
One of the more interesting things to […]

Previous Day: Monday, Tower of London, Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast
We got up at 8:30 a.m., showered, and went to breakfast.
At 9:45 a.m. we left the hotel, and walked to the Hungerford pedestrian bridge, where we crossed the Thames River and walked to the London Eye.
About three weeks prior to our trip, we pre-booked […]

…Continued from Tuesday, London Eye, Imperial War Museum, Westminster Abbey, Part 1
As we were leaving, we asked one of the people working there about catching a bus back to the area we needed to reach. The information and instructions were a little convoluted, so we ended up walking back down Lambeth Road, crossing the […]

Previous Day: Tuesday, London Eye, Imperial War Museum, Westminster Abbey
We slept late this morning, getting up at 10:30 a.m. Because we had something scheduled for noon, we didn’t really feel that we had time to go somewhere else. So we decided to just take it easy this morning. Actually, I’d suggest that you pick […]