As we only had two full days in London, we decided the best way to see as much as possible, was to buy a two day hop-on hop-off bus pass. Initially we “did the tour” and listened to the commentary. It was interesting, and so much information.
We drove past Westminister Abby and the church but did not get off just yet.
An interesting tidbit from the tour, London had the first electronic billboard. It is in Piccadilly Circus and has been up over 100 years. Coke has the longest running continuous ad at over 50 years.
Trafalgar Square as we are passing by. We did stop here the next day.
Our first stop was Hay’s Market. Neat shopping, food and architecture.
From here we walked to Borough Market. I had never heard of it but both my daughter and a friend said go, so we went. If you like food it sure is the place to be.
Truffes, a tad pricy I would say!!
Borough Market was packed at lunchtime, even the steps were full.
We did more touring. I particularly liked the upper level on the bus, we were looking down or eye level with so much. Tower Bridge is in the background in the picture above.
I thought this was kind of cute, as we had just been to Miraflores Lock in Panama City.
We stopped at Parliament Square. Such a momentous day to be there, Brexit. There were tons of police and ambulances. By early afternoon there were protesters and supporters….. all very loud.
Not sure if you can read the flag, it says “Bikers for Brexit”. If you could not see their flag, you could sure hear them.
Then we went to Westminster Abby and Westminster Cathedral. The church was absolutely beautiful on the inside. We did not go inside the Abby… have to pick and choose when time is limited.
We were pretty well done for the day, time to start walking back to our hotel.
And what woud a trip to London actually be if you did not pose for a picture in front of an iconic telephone booth.
A quick stop for a libation. Daryl’s friend told him to go to Wetherspoon’s and there just happened to be one close to us. It was packed. Met a couple who had come to London to go to Parliament Square for 11 PM…Brexit.
Another tough day. And we did it all again the next day. Well, different sights but packing as much as possible into the our days in London. Now I won’t promise to have all the names correct as my memory bank can only hold so much:)
It was an early night.
Cheers
Ruth
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