Hop on and Hop Off bus today! Started off at Westminster Abbey, (what a place) Elizabeth Tower with Big Ben in it and the rosy red cheeks of the little children!
In front of Westminster Abbey
Mudlarks. These are waterproof clad humans, walking slowly at low tide, eyes focused on the ground. In the 18th and 19th centuries, mudlarks were the poorest in society, trying to scratch a living from the bits of rope, coal or anything else they could find on the banks of the river. Today mudlarks are enthusiasts who scour the foreshore for any historical treasures offered up by the tide. You need a licence to mudlark.
Us in front of Big Ben ( really Elizabeth Tower - Big Ben is the bell inside) must have heard this twenty times today!
Westminster Abbey
St Stephen’s Cathedral and I think Westminster Palace with a statue of Richard the Lionheart. Back onto the bus to head off to Buckingham Palace. Don’t know what happened there but we didn’t find it! Decided to have a cuppa and sandwich and get back on the bus and do the palace later. Headed off to do the River Thames Cruise. Cruise was really good, great commentary!
We went into Borough Markets for an early dinner! What a great place. Had beef Penang curry, followed by strawberries in chocolate sauce - yum, yum, yum! The strawberries here are so delicious! Luckily we had to walk back to Waterloo train station to catch the train home!
The markets, an amazing, vibrant place
Sign about the markets
We saw so much today but we’re back into London tomorrow. Booked into the Tower of London and hope to get back to see more of what we saw today, just spend a bit more time at each place. It is so big, there is soooo much to see and there must be 50 million others also trying to see things!
The Shard, tallest building in London
Us on the boat in front of Tower Bridge
The Monument - a memorial to the Great Fires of London. Apparently more people have died jumping off the memorial than those who died in the fires!
Me in from of Tower Bridge
We thought about buying this teddy at Hamleys - largest toy shop in UK and the priciest! This bear was £4000!
Front of Hamleys
Street that Hamleys was in. Flags everywhere!
Just liked the window display!
Harrods - haven’t been in!
Top of St Paul’s Cathedral
A horses head - not sure what it’s for!
The London Eye - apparently when it opened in 2000, it cost £5 to go on it. Now it is £40! No thank you - apart from the cost, no way was I getting on that thing!
A monument to all animals that have served in wars
The Golden Eagle - memorial to the airforce!
Geez….you must have driven past every landmark in London???
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