Our final day to sightsee in London, Wednesday, we exhausted ourselves. By the end of the day our feet, knees, legs, and bodies were screaming with exhaustion. However, it was well worth it! We started in the morning by going to Trafalgar Square. It is basically a common gathering area in front of the National Gallery with memorial statues and fountains.
We then walked down the Mall throught St. James' park to Buckingham Palace. We admired the Queen Victoria Memorial and walked to the gates to see the changing of the guard. Unfortunately, something came up in the Palace and they did not do their normal ceremony. Oh well, just an excuse to go back to London!
Then we walked over to Westminster Abbey (where Di's funeral was held) but didn't go in there because it was too expensive. From there we walked to Parliament. This was an interesing walk because there were protests going on about a vote Parliament was making about extending some nuclear weapon program. There were tons of police so we felt safe and got a good laught at all the "Tony Loves WMD" shirts and banners.
From there we walked across the river to the London Eye. We took a ride around it to see London from a birdseye view. It was fun. We then realized we needed to eat lunch (since we were starving) so we settled for the McDonald's that was right by the Eye. After we ate, my wonderful husband bought me ice cream outside. It tasted like heavy cream which was a different taste but I ate it all up. Not as good as gillato in Italy but still was ice cream!
We then walked to the tube station to go to see Kensington Palace (where Diana lived). We walked through Kensington park, saw the palace and gardens, and tried to follow the signs to the Diana Memorial Fountain. We ended up walking out of the way several times but finally found the fountain. It actually was unimpressive.
After that we walked to the Peter Pan statue (paid for by the author who lived near by). We finally reached our exhaustion point (it was late afternoon) so we walked back to our hotel and rested before dinner.
We decided to go to Piccadilly Circus (basically like Times Square) and walk to the original Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. We waited for an hour to get seated but in the meantime shopped at the store (I got a shirt). We ate an okay dinner....better than most of the other food we had in London and rode the tube back to the hotel where we packed our bags and crashed for a good nights sleep.
We then walked down the Mall throught St. James' park to Buckingham Palace. We admired the Queen Victoria Memorial and walked to the gates to see the changing of the guard. Unfortunately, something came up in the Palace and they did not do their normal ceremony. Oh well, just an excuse to go back to London!
Then we walked over to Westminster Abbey (where Di's funeral was held) but didn't go in there because it was too expensive. From there we walked to Parliament. This was an interesing walk because there were protests going on about a vote Parliament was making about extending some nuclear weapon program. There were tons of police so we felt safe and got a good laught at all the "Tony Loves WMD" shirts and banners.
From there we walked across the river to the London Eye. We took a ride around it to see London from a birdseye view. It was fun. We then realized we needed to eat lunch (since we were starving) so we settled for the McDonald's that was right by the Eye. After we ate, my wonderful husband bought me ice cream outside. It tasted like heavy cream which was a different taste but I ate it all up. Not as good as gillato in Italy but still was ice cream!
We then walked to the tube station to go to see Kensington Palace (where Diana lived). We walked through Kensington park, saw the palace and gardens, and tried to follow the signs to the Diana Memorial Fountain. We ended up walking out of the way several times but finally found the fountain. It actually was unimpressive.
After that we walked to the Peter Pan statue (paid for by the author who lived near by). We finally reached our exhaustion point (it was late afternoon) so we walked back to our hotel and rested before dinner.
We decided to go to Piccadilly Circus (basically like Times Square) and walk to the original Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. We waited for an hour to get seated but in the meantime shopped at the store (I got a shirt). We ate an okay dinner....better than most of the other food we had in London and rode the tube back to the hotel where we packed our bags and crashed for a good nights sleep.
1 comment:
Too fun! That is a lot of sight-seeing to do in just a few days, but so glad you got to do it!
H
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