Hey Rosetta
20. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Wow. We just saw the Rosetta stone. The real actual one! It however was hard to get a picture because of the throngs of people wanting to see it. The first room of the Ancient Egypt exhibit isLue lisää
Found them!
20. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
The Elgin Marbles. A collection of statuary and pretty much the entire frieze from around The Parthenon in Greece. This is what survived the weather, the Persians, and various and sundry explosons andLue lisää
On my own
20. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Headed out to hear a debate hosted by IQSquared and the BBC on whether Obama was a failed president. Afterwards am basking in the glow of Parliament and the shadow of Churchill.
Jo Cox Remembered.
20. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Spontaneous memorial thar popped up after British MP Jo Cox was murdered.
Sssshhhhhh. Waiting.
21. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Nicholas chillin at the base of Churchill statue and Caroline posing in front of parliament. There is a gate/security that blocks entry to Downing Street, but Caroline knows someone who knows someoneLue lisää
Downing Street
21. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
So Downing Street has been blocked of with a gate and security guardpost since the Thatcher era out of fear of IRA bombers. Here is the view from outside the gate.
10 Downing Street
21. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Apparantly, if you know someone who knows someone who works for a junior minister, they can get you past security, and see 10 Downing directly. He apologized for not being able to get us a tourLue lisää
Doh
21. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
On the train back from an organizational cluster-duff. We went to Harry Potter tour on wrong day. Will have to go back tomorrow...
Hotel neighbourhood
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
As requested, here is pics of the Apartment/Hotel in London. Many of the buildings are hotels, but the neighbourhood looks/is very urban residential.
Potter
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Try number two. In line for Harry Potter studio tour.
Harry Potter!
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Touring the studio sets and memorabilia.
On the road
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
M3
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Rolling hills on the M3, en route to Bournemouth.
Bournemouth!
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We have arrived! And yes, that is fog you see rolling in from the ocean a couple hundred feet away.
The Old Place
22. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Food! Chinese food. Lemon chicken, chow mein, crispy beef and egg fried rice.
Beach
23. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
'Early' morning walk on the beach with Nicholas. Checking out the shells and sand.
Corfe Castle
23. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Eight hundred years old and showing its age. Actually would still be standing today if it weren't for that treacherous Cromwell.
Durdle
23. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Who names a door. And who names it 'Durdle'. This is the Durdle Door. Forty-five degree incline to get down to the beach, and back up. Cool weather but we're all sweating.
Waiting at the ferry to Bournemouth
23. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Stonehenge
24. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
... parking lot
Stonehenge!
24. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Where the demons dwell.
Where the banshees live and they do live well.
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man,
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan.
Yu-gi-henge
24. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
What is more interesting than Stonehenge? Yu-gi-oh cards.
Bath
24. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The Roman Baths have been renovated many times over the centuries, but the original baths were built in the first century AD. Temples were added in the next 300 years. I have confirmed, the water isLue lisää
Supper
24. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The sun is out now and we are hungry before heading back to the hotel. So we've stopped at The Cowshed for some chow.
Tankfest Day 1
25. kesäkuuta 2016, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
This is the staging area where the tanks and vehicles sit before they run them out onto the display track. We love the smell of oil and diesel smoke early in the morning.