S & J's Big Adventure
Sunday morning, slower start. Johnny went out for a reconnoiter. Came back to report that very few people in the streets, comparatively speaking and nothing open.
We decided we felt like a Sunday Roast for lunch today. Wandered out into the warm, sunny morning around the corner to the St Giles/Shaftesbury Avenue area and found a characterful little pub, The Two Brewers, that was advertising Sunday Roast. We both settled on roast beef with Yorkshire Pudding which had a little bowl of
Sharyn Sinclair
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St Giles and Oxford Street
April 16
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London
Sunday morning, slower start. Johnny went out for a reconnoiter. Came back to report that very few people in the streets, comparatively speaking and nothing open.
We decided we felt like a Sunday Roast for lunch today. Wandered out into the warm, sunny morning around the corner to the St Giles/Shaftesbury Avenue area and found a characterful little pub, The Two Brewers, that was advertising Sunday Roast. We both settled on roast beef with Yorkshire Pudding which had a little bowl of
very tasty horseradish sauce on the side. The meal was delicious and we both cleaned our plates.
Back into the streets which by now were beginning to swell with the human hordes once again. Came across a delightful little square with a statue of William Shakespeare surrounded by fountains that young children were having a lot of fun running in and out of.
Meandering through back streets we eventually emerged in Oxford Street and progressed along until we reached Selfridges. I wanted John to see the facade because it is quite impressive and they had a fabulous floral window display. I've no idea what it was all about but it was very colourful and eye catching. A bit difficult to photograph though because of that human tide surging along the footpath.
Tomorrow is our last day in London. Not sure how I feel about that.
1.
Hello Hong Kong
2.
Western Markets
3.
Kennedy Town
4.
Victoria Peak
5.
Old Blighty
6.
Leaving Lancaster
7.
Kendal
8.
Lake District
9.
Grayrigg & Manchester
10.
Birthplace of the Gallen's
11.
Derg Castle
12.
Belleek and Donegal
13.
Dublin
14.
Dublin to Chester
15.
The friendliness of the Irish
16.
Rugby & Crick
17.
Northampton
18.
Cambridge
19.
Granada Television
20.
Afternoon with Anne
21.
No 14 Bus to Harrods and the Victoria & Albert Museum
22.
Buckingham Palace
23.
Westminster
24.
Supreme Court
25.
Imperial War Museum, Covent Garden and China Town
26.
St Giles and Oxford Street
27.
Trafalgar Square & National Portrait Gallery
28.
Eurostar to Brussels
29.
Alone in Antwerp
30.
Fabulous Antwerp
31.
Arrivederchi Antwerp, Hello Holland
32.
Spijkenisse
33.
Bruges, I'm on my way
34.
In Bruges
35.
Still In Bruges
36.
Last morning in Bruges - return to Brussels
37.
Back in Brussels
38.
Another City, Another Hospital
39.
Brussels to Ypres, oops!!!
40.
We will remember them
41.
The Ypres Salient
42.
In Flanders Fields Museum
43.
Ramparts War Cemetery and Hill 62
44.
Ypres to Paris
45.
Washing Day
46.
Notre-Dame Cathedral
47.
The Green Wall of 2nd Arrondissement
48.
Little French Shrug
49.
Eiffel Tower
50.
Sacre Coeur & Montmartre
51.
A Little Smoke Signal
52.
Paris to Milan
53.
Milano
54.
Window Shopping
55.
Castello Sforzesco
56.
Milan to Florence
57.
Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square)
58.
A Little Retail Therapy
59.
Siena, San Gimignano & Chianti
60.
Porta Romana, Florence
61.
Viareggio
62.
Florence to Rome
63.
Rome
64.
Villa Magnolia
65.
St. Peter's Basilica etc
66.
Aurelio, Rome
67.
Roman Fountains
68.
Arrivederci Roma (what else?)
69.
Kowloon
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