Travelling back to London for the second time in two years was a dream come true! We were absolutely smitten with London when we visited in 2010 and agreed that “we need to come back really soon!” We went for a week that firs trip thinking if we spent a week we would have no need to return. This would then allow us to be able to travel around other parts of England. Ha, Ha. The usual traveller’s mistake!
My favourite “tube” station was “Baker Street”. You know, Sherlock Holmes. Very Victorian. We loved the nice lady’s voice on the speaker, reminding everybody to “mind the gap”. If you haven’t been on the tube, there is a space between the cars and the platform at most stations.
Of course, our schedule, on this visit, was overly ambitious, how much can one do in a day! Here’s a few of my favourite things: Westminster Abbey, hearing the choir practicing, accompanied by the organ. The Victoria and Albert Museum and especially the GORGEOUS jewellery, especially the beautiful hair ornament in the shape of an orchid, and the AMAZING cast courts, including a cast of Trajan’s Column. The Wallace Collection. Sir John Soane’s Museum. “Shakespeare Staging the World” at the British Museum. Lunch in the Crypt at St.-Martin-In-The-Fields. A day trip to Canterbury. Seeing the BBC Building just behind John Nash’s All Soul’s Church, with what appears to be champagne flutes on top of the building! Wandering around Clerkenwell in the east end was pretty neat too, Borough Market was awsome and so were the remains of the Roman Wall near the Tower of London. We enjoyed some pretty amazing food, and drank sparkling water from Blenheim Palace’s natural spring. Our rented flat in Chelsea was perfectly situated for access to the tube as well as the buses. A great little area with shops, restaurants and very walkable.
I doubt anyone would be be surprised when I say that we still have not “seen” London! More visits are needed to the Victoria and Albert, Bermondsey Market, The Design Museum, The Geffrey, Dulwich Gallery, both Tate’s and so on. Guess this means the next time we go to the UK there will be a few days in London, then on to other places we have on our “list” like Cornwall, Devon, Bath, York, Wales, Scotland, you get the drift! It’s never ending. Where are those lottery winnings anyway?
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