Goodbye London 😢
August 16, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
As we say in French, "all good things have an end ".
Still we took a few ones with us, including terrific donuts.
Goodbye London, but, as Arnold would say, "we'll be back!"
As we say in French, "all good things have an end ".
Still we took a few ones with us, including terrific donuts.
Goodbye London, but, as Arnold would say, "we'll be back!"
One of the strangest thing with Westminster Abbey is that it is also a large graveyard as, beyond the kings and queens since Edward the Confessor, many remarkable men and women of the English historyRead more
After a good half-hour of queuing, we finally could enter a very crowded abbey, and as the visit is following a predefined trail, with a lot of people moving more or less at the same speed. Not theRead more
After leaving our flat, we took the train to St Pancras to leave our luggage to a storage place, and took the bus to Trafalgar Square.
From there we walked down the few hundred meters past the HorseRead more
We have to leave our lovely though temporary housing, to get back to St Pancras station, store our luggage at a nearby facility and head our way to Westminster for our last visit.
Farewell ShrubberyRead more
We came late back from Kew Gardens, by bus as we have done most of the time, and we have home-made cheese-grated bread slices, and carrot cake.
England is in us!
Tomorrow we pack early, and spend sRead more
As a last endeavour, after looking at a weird musical sculpture called "The Hive", and sitting a few minutes in front of Kew Palace, Elliott and I crossed the garden from East to West, so as to get aRead more
Our visit continues in the western part of London, in the Richmond borough, at Kew Gardens.
Even though we could not visit any glasshouse (they closed too early), we still could profit of the varietyRead more
Again a late start this Tuesday, but with much more favorable weather, so we opted for outdoor visits.
Our first stop was in Fulham, at Stamford Bridge, to visit the Chelsea FC stadium.
ThoughRead more
We left the Tower of London, and after a short walk took a bus to the Covent Garden area, where we had set a surprise meeting for Pénélope as her godfather Xavier also was spending a long weekend inRead more