We stopped at a local shop for our first traditional breakfast. We decided to head over to Notting Hill and see the shops on Portobello Road. The local housing is all painted in neat colors we are told..... and they were!
Now Notting Hill, one of my wife & daughters favorite chick flicks, was filmed here so we had to make special efforts to find the famous blue door that was in the movie. We did pretty good!
We toured around the area and then headed back to the hotel as we had to be out of the room by noon. We have the tube pretty much figured out now and this made the trip home uneventful and quick! We checked out and stored our bags with the staff. We wanted to see a few more spots of interest before heading to Barry & Annabel's place in South London. Our home away from home for the rest of the trip.
We also visited the Canada Gate at B.P.
Back on the tube we went to Hyde Park Corner. Had a lovely walk through Green Park to Buckingham Palace, the Queen didn't invite us for tea though.... I guess they didn't tell her we were there, oh well maybe next time. Then it was across the street to the Guards Museum, and down Bird Cage walk to Big Ben. We were there just in time to hear the chimes!
We had a good look about and then headed back to retrieve our bags and begin the next step of our trip. The tube station at Westminster was amazing and obviously newly built. It looked like
something out of the future with it's design.
We picked up our bags and headed to Sydenham Station. It's located just south of Forest Hill in southern London. It took a few minutes to find the route as we changed from the tube to the trains at London Bridge Station. We arrived at the station and made our way to Barry & Annabel's place on Bishopsthorpe Rd very near the train station. It was an easy walk and we were greeted at the door. They have a nice five bedroom house that backs onto a park. It was built in 1905 I believe, and has all modern conveniences. They run a home based publishing company out of this location that you can check out here.
We had a great dinner and enjoyed getting to know each other and caught up on some family history. (We had stayed with Barry's mom in Scotland when we were over in 1994 with the pipe band.) We made some plans for the next day and headed for bed as I was falling asleep in the chair!
1 comment:
Glad you arrived safely and are having a good time. I see an umbrella, must be raining there. You're better off in London 'cause there's snow here! Have fun! Looking forward to watching your blogs.
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