Posted by Suzanne McMinn on December 7, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
Globetrotting
London is a magnificent city, but I have to admit it was my least favorite part of the trip. We only spent one full day there, and it was an adventure taking the tube (London Underground)! (Strange people!!) But with the traffic and the crowds, I missed hedgerowed lanes and sheep…..
We did the Thames River walk, which took about an hour and an half, starting at the Tower of London. It was the first day of ice skating at the Tower. Nine hundred years of violent executions and now they hold ice skating there! Makes a pretty picture, though, huh?
The Thames River path is a great walk, though, and brought us by Tower Bridge, the replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Fishmongers’ Hall, Southwark Cathedral, the Tate Modern Museum, the famous OXO Tower, the London Eye, Cleopatra’s Needle, Charing Cross, and ending at Parliament and Big Ben.
It started raining as it got dark and we dashed into a pub till it let up enough to go shopping–t-shirts for the kids!–and then back on the tube. No, I didn’t get on one of those doubledecker busses, but it was fun to see them in real life.
I meant to have tea with the Queen, but I must have missed her call….. I know she was so disappointed.
Anyone been on an overseas trip lately? I thought the monitor in the plane was fun–it gives you a little cartoon picture of your plane crossing the Atlantic and various screens of info like altitude, air temperature outside the plane, how far you’ve traveled, etc. It’s cool knowing exactly where in the Atlantic they will find your body in case the plane crashes…..
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on December 7, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
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Wonderful pictures, Suzanne!
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I haven’t traveled in a long time but I’m enjoying hearing about your trip. I did get to ride up top on one of those busses and it’s a really weird feeling but it’s also wonderful for sight seeing.
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I almost feel as if I just got home from merry old England.:lol: How thoughtful of you to share yor adventures with those not as fortunate. I am enjoying seeing England through your eyes and camera lens. It would seem you had a great time and I am so happy for you. You work so hard providing us with your books that you deserved a treat. Now get back to work:whip: We are all ready for another great book. Hugs:wave:
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Actually, I’ve missed those maps lately. We had them on neither flight to and from the Dominican Republic nor Cancun, Mexico. I always want to know where we are. I love looking down from the plane but I rarely get an outside seat anymore. On one of my flights I can remember seeing icebergs below. That was awesome. I think I even took some pictures with my old Kodak Brownie camera. That was what my high school friends gave me as a good-bye present before I went on my travels. Well, they *were* the “digital” cameras of the day.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that if you really want to see a double-decker bus, you can always come here to London, ON. We have an original one as a sight-seeing bus for our London.
I’ve never taken the Riverwalk. Maybe it didn’t exist in this form when I was there several times in the 70s. But I did do a lot of walking. I find that older cities are much more conducive to walking than newer ones. There’s always some odd little bit to see.