My wife took a business trip to London, so I joined her for the last half of the week. We had a great time, London is an interesting city with lots of history. I definitely want to go back again and spend more time there. Since we were pressed for time, we only spent a half day at the British Museum and the National Gallery, but those trips could easily take a whole day by themselves.
London looks and feels very different from Washington, DC. Some obvious things like cars driving on the left, and street signs on the buildings rather than posted on the corner. But lots of little things too, so it really felt like we were getting “away”.
THURSDAY
I arrived at the airport, and took the “tube” to our hotel. When I got out of the tube, it was a bit tricky to find my way to the hotel. None of the streets had streets signs! It turns out they actually did, but just in the wrong spot. They have their signs on the buildings located at different spots.
I got to our hotel, and then took a 6 hour nap. I didn’t sleep on the plane, so I was able to catch up a little bit.
Caixia came back from her meeting, and then we went for a walk. We walked down Thurloe St, and eventually found an Italian restaurant “The Spaghetti House”. We had a good meal, but it was a bit expensive (£35, or $70), mostly due to the weak dollar.
We then took the long way home, going through Hyde Park, and saw the Arch of Wellington on the way. The park was very nice, plenty of flowers, a small lake, and some aggressive squirrels that we saw climb up one young ladies leg.
Right near our hotel we stopped for dessert at a French cafe. I got the lemon tart with hot chocolate, and Caixia got the raspberry tart and Latte (£10).
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Day 1 photos
Day 2 photos
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