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  • Billy OaksClassic Europe
    Day2

    Along the Thames..

    September 16 in the United Kingdom

    Day 2: A bit of jet lag, we were up at 4am but had to wait until 7 to have some brekky. I had my Oyster card and straight into the Metro, well the "Tube" as it is called here. Our first stop was the Tower of London" and the Crown Jewls. Being Sunday it was ok to catch the train early to beat the crowds. We first visited the jewels display and then spent a bit of time to look around this place, the audio guides came in handy, highly recommended. As ee left the towerwe could see long queues to get to see the jewels.

    After the tower we had some lunch and then headed for the Tower Bridge. Less considerably amount of people here, the place is definitely worth the visit and the glass floor on the upper deck is quite a show..

    We grab the "clippers" and headed along the Thames to the Parliament house and big Ben. A bit disappointed that the big ben is covered but a jungle of scaffolding due to some must needed restoration, such is life. We skipped the London eye and just spent the rest of the evening checking out people strolling along the river.    Read more

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  • To Travel is to Live...London & Iceland 2018
    Day7

    Meet Dick.

    April 28 in the United Kingdom

    This bus driver was a dick, and I don't mean his name was Richard.

    Left us standing outside in the rain while he played with his cell phone for 10 mins. I get that bus isn't set to leave for 10 more mins, but could we not sit inside the bus? He let us in right at the pull away time and not a moment sooner.

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  • Kay StoddEurope 2018
    Day60

    London

    June 9 in the United Kingdom

    A late start from the day, slept until almost 9AM!! To bed after midnight 2 nights in a row is highly unusual for me. Today is a double header theater day so down to the West End for a bit of shopping and the first play at 2:30PM.

    Was in search for a tie for a friend of mine and have been looking since Milan as the criteria are quite specific. Finally found what I have been looking for in the Saville Row environs of London. Quite the area, all high end men's clothing stores. It was a fun find. Then to the matinee for today, The Moderate Soprano. The drama is a new play and the sometimes funny story of John Christie, who built and founded the Glyndebourne Opera house in pre-war Sussex. A touching love story as well and very well done.

    Found my way back to the Southbank and the busy area around the National Theater. Spent an hour watching the fascinating scenes around me with a glass of wine. Had a lovely pre-show dinner in the Terrace Restaurant at the theater - small plates, wonderful Croquettes and an asparagus salad. Tonight's show was Julie, an old drama by August Strindberg - Miss Julie, con temporized to modern day London. Vanessa Kirby, Princess Margaret in The Crown, was the lead and outstanding. The play is rather depressing but the acting and staging was terrific. A thoroughly enjoyable day.

    Miles: 5.7    Read more

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  • Kay StoddEurope 2018
    Day61

    London

    June 10 in the United Kingdom

    Up and out for a day in London parks. Had brunch out this AM, was tired of my yogurt, berries and cereal and ready for something more substantial. Had mashed avocado on toast with poached eggs and smoked salmon!! Should last all day. Then off to Regent's park, the primary reason, to get tickets to Peter Pan in the park's open air theater this afternoon. Regent's Park is known for its Rose Garden. The roses are still beautiful, maybe a week past their prime. Picture do not do them justice but a lovely walk thru the roses on a warm, sunny day in London. Sold out for the afternoon show today so got tickets for this evening. Back to flat for my phone charger and off to walk the famous parks of central London. Took tube to St. James station and walked through St. James, Green, Hyde parks and Kensington Gardens. Lots of sights to see as usual. Always something new going on. Lots of Londoners taking advantage of this Sunday afternoon. The spring flowers are gone but still beautiful roses, lots of lavender and of course the English gardens with grasses and shrubbery that they manage to put into such lovely pictures. On the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, Christos has an installation that is set to open on June 18. Especially meaningful as 4 of us went to his last installation, the Floating Piers, on Lake Iseo 2 years ago. This one is colorful barrels that are being fit together into a huge pyramid (with the top cut off). See pic. It will float around the lake all summer! A stop for frozen yogurt and a rest in the lawn chairs that are stationed at various places in the parks.

    Back to flat to grab something to eat and back out to Regents Park for Peter Pan. An open air theater and the entire experience was terrific. The show is very hard to explain. A dark remake of Peter Pan WWI with the opening and closing scenes in a field hospital in France with the war going on around it. The fantasy scenes, pirates, flying children were spectacular. The interpretation takes the concept of children that do not want to grow up from Peter Pan and compares to the young men (mostly) that lost their lives so early in WWI for Britain. It never fails to amaze me how these playwrights think of these things. An evening to remember. Website if you want to know more. https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/peter-pan-review

    Miles: 10.3!!    Read more

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  • Franziska M.London17
    Day1

    London, Vereinigtes Königreich

    March 4, 2017 in the United Kingdom

    Das Darlington liegt in einer Straße, in der sich buchstäblich ein Hotel an das andere reiht. Circa 20 Hotels liegen auf jeder Seite nebeneinander und man erfährt erst, wenn man die Tür durchschritten hat, ob man eine gute Wahl getroffen hat. Wir sind mit unserer sehr zufrieden. Das Zimmer ist wie die meisten in der Innenstadt eher klein, aber sehr sauber und gemütlich, frisch renoviert und gut ausgestattet. Das Bett ist ohne Übertreibung das bequemste, in dem wir je geschlafen haben.Read more

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