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    • Dag 17

      London Baby! Day 1️⃣ Part 1️⃣

      29 maj, England ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

      We slayed London!

      ✅Buckingham Palace
      ✅Westminster Abbey
      ✅Houses of Parliament
      ✅Big Ben
      ✅Churchill War Rooms
      ✅Fish & Chips
      ✅The New Scotland Yard
      ✅Changing of the Guard
      ✅ St. James Park
      💹 10 Downing Street

      God gave us a perfectly sunny ☀️ day and all the energy we needed!

      Crazy how busy London was, it was insane!

      We thought it was because people had found out that we were visiting London.

      But we later found out the Champions League Finals are going on 🤪!
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    • Royal Jubilee 👑 Walking Tour

      1 juni 2022, England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      This is my view for lunch today! The sun has come out and people are everywhere… The atmosphere is electric and jubilant! I truly feel honoured to be in London at this historic time. This is history and I am in it!

      Today, as I did 25 years ago for the first time, I headed to the Tesco at Westminster tube station, right next door to Big Ben and bought a lunch deal for 5 pound! As I enjoy my BBQ Chicken, bacon & Cheese with Branston pickle “Garden Party Picnic 🧺 style” Big Ben chimes 1pm: a pinch-myself moment!

      Our guide Claire took us to all the rehearsal hotspots today and we were able to get some fantastic footage of changing the guards and learn about the best spots to be for all the long weekend celebrations!

      We started at James Park tube station and headed to Queen Anne’s Walk. We saw some typical Queen Anne style architecture over doors (see photos). She was last Queen of the Stuart era. None of her children lived to continue to Stuart dynasty sadly.

      Afterwards we headed to St Jame’s Palace, built by King Henry the VIII, in typical Tudor style. We saw a black chauffeur driven vehicle head into Clarence house (which is next door). We all hoped it could be Charles & Camilla…

      Overwhelmed with emotion and as I watched the guards march down the Mall I honestly was beginning to tear up, realising where I was and what was happening all around me! It is a truly life changing experience to be here at this moment in time!
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    • Jubilee High Tea on the Thames

      3 juni 2022, England ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Started the day with a wander through the beautiful Covent Garden… Compared to yesterday it was bliss being able to just wander aimlessly along the cobbled streets & soak up the atmosphere.

      Happened upon a cute little French bakery in one of my all time favourite areas, Soho, Cafe Boheme, pulled up a chair & soaked in the atmosphere: Billy Holiday crooning while devouring freshly made coffee (the best I’ve had in London) and flaky baked croissant 🥐

      Continued on to search for the Phoenix garden which is the last of the Covent Garden community gardens. It was featured in one of my favourite Christmas movies, Last Christmas! So peaceful 🪴 nothing but birdsong and filtered sunlight through the trees 🌳…a touching tribute to George Michael on the entrance gate.

      This afternoon Marta and I enjoyed high tea on the Thames in honour of the Queen! It was quite hilarious… You could tell that it was slightly disorganised & the staff were flying by the seat of their pants! It was like being a board a Carry On movie set! The girl that was at the bar all of a sudden became the commentator on the Queen‘s life. Her commentary was rushed and very cockney. Later up at the bar I told her she did a good job and she said (…in an Eliza Doolittle accent: “I ain’t that good on me Roman numerals so I just made up the Queen and King numbers!”
      Too funny!
      I ate and drank way too much! The scones were like rock cakes; I was careful not to drop them into the Thames for fear of killing some of the marine life LOL!

      Added bonus of going under all the London bridges and checking out the big name attractions from a new angle!

      Another great day in bustling London Town! A magnificent 21 degree day! 🇬🇧🧁🥰☀️🥳👑
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    • Dag 30

      River Thames

      9 juli 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      What do you do on your last day in the country when the forecast is rain all day....

      Buy tickets for an open-top cruise on the River Thames of course.

      We got lucky, the forecast rain never showed and we had a great time on our 1 hour cruise to Greenwich.

      We boarded the boat, to Tom's delight it named the Thomas Dogget, and we had a running commentary for the whole cruise, pointing out all the sights on the trips we went past. The highlight was probably sailing under the Tower Bridge.
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    • Dag 12

      Parliament

      31 maj, England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Right next to big ben & right on the river thames is one of britains most iconic buildings! The house of parliament! Wish I had time to watch a debate (political science major things) because it truly is funny and entertaining when they argue.Läs mer

    • Dag 24

      London

      3 juli 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Today we left Sam and Steff, and have moved into our final accommodation for the trip. We have 6 nights at Nell Gwynn House in Chelsea.

      It turns out that Chelsea is quite an upmarket location, with lots of high end shops, and every second car parked on the street is a Mercedes, Porsche or similar.

      Following our time in Paris we wanted a slower day, so we opted for jumping on a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour of the key city highlights in an open aired double decker bus.

      The weather was quite mixed, it was windy and cool one minute, raining the next, and then 5 minutes later the sun was out and everyone was stripping back to t-shirt shirts.

      It was a relaxing way to spend an afternoon. It allowed us to see the main parts of London and to get a better feel for how the city is laid out. A detour due to road works prevented us from seeing Buckingham Palace, but we will probably visit it later in the week so that was ok.

      Our accommodation has a kitchen so we were able to have some much needed home cooking for dinner. After so many meals eating out it was quite a relief.
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    • Dag 6

      London (Pt 4 - Westminster)

      15 juli 2023, England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      With thanks to jetlag, we have become morning people and were up at 7am, 90 minutes before our alarm. So we squeezed in a trip to Westminster and Buckingham Palace southwest of where we're staying before heading east on the tube to Wanstead to see Kirsty, Aunty Jenny and baby Freddie this afternoon. As I write this, we are sitting in a beautiful English pub in Wanstead, still early.Läs mer

    • Dag 8

      London

      9 augusti 2023, England ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      09/08/2023
      Dopo pranzo torniamo a Londra per la seconda e ultima volta. Visitiamo la National Gallery, che ho gradito di più rispetto al Tate Modern, assistiamo al cambio delle guardie e ceniamo in un ristorante italiano (lo era davvero). Facciamo una corsa prima dell'incontro con la group leader per prendere dei souvenir.Läs mer

    • Dag 5

      Londres

      18 april, England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Dormimos en el bus y despertamos en Londres por la mañana. La gente iba al colegio o al trabajo, nosotros pasamos a un café.

      Cambiamos un tanto más de libras ("pounds") y caminamos al palacio de Buckingham a ver las marchas de los soldados rojos con sombreros peludos.

      Cruzamos la calle para tomar desayuno en el parque. Amabile le tiró un poco de pan a una paloma, llegaron más y más, luego un cuervo se las ingenió para llevarse dos pedazos grandes de una vez y comérselos él solo en un sitio más alejado.

      Un pájaro negro con blanco y cola azúl también aprovechó la oportunidad hasta que un palo cayó en medio asustándolas a todas. Salieron volando. Miramos arriba y el culpable era un pájaro carpintero que al picotear un árbol dejaba caer trozos de madera.

      Se acabó el show del pan, cruzamos el parque St James, donde conviven patos y otras aves con ardillas que tienden a robarse el show entre turistas que les dan frutos secos.

      Seguimos hasta el Big Ben, que esta vez no lo estaban remodelando, como nos ocurrió el 2019. Así que esta vez nos desquitamos tomando muchas fotos.

      Desde ahí fuimos a la estatua de Paddington, recorrimos el barrio chino, almorzamos en un bufet de 5 "pounds" y nos fuimos a bajar lo picante con una variedad de IPAs en un Whole Foods Market que afuera tenía una terraza.

      Después de una larga caminata por la costanera del Támesis llegamos al célebre puente de la Torre, puente basculante que aunque fue construido a fines del 1800, todo el mecanismo interno fue reemplazado en 1974.

      Me recordó un poco a la paradoja del barco de Teseo.

      Otra gran caminata más y llegamos al terminal de buses desde donde partiremos a Paris. Cruzamos un barrio principalmente de migrantes con varios locales turcos o indios, aunque nos decantamos por pizza.

      34 mil pasos caminados, según la app que se consulte: hoy caminamos entre 23 a 25 kilómetros.
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    • Dag 2

      Tag 2 (Teil 1)

      20 mars, England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Heute stand sehr viel auf dem Programm.
      Mit dem roten Doppeldeckerbus ging es zur erst zum Buckingham Palace zur Wachablösung. Dann spazieren wir durch den schönen St. James Park zum Piccadilly Circus (zum Lego Store) und nach China Town. Dann weiter zum Trafalgar Square, Horse Guard, Westminster Abbey und Big Ben. Mit dem Bötchen ging es dann zum Tower of London und zur Tower Bridge über die wir langgeschlendert sind. (Fortsetzung folgt)Läs mer

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