Sightseeing in London

Today we had a simple plan. See Kensington Castle, then ride the HoHo (hop on, hope off bus) around London and see what we wanted to do. Not many words today, but lots of pictures.

We really enjoyed Kensington castle. We were both amazed by the design and quality of the displays.  It was like taking 3 mini-tours to see the Kings quarters, Queen's quarters, and then the modern dresses.  The first picture from the King's quarters shows the formal dining room.

 The next is a sample of dresses worn by Princess Di. They also had several cases of dresses worn by the Queen as well as Princess Margaret.

After that we decided to ride The Eye once again on our way around the HoHo route. These three pictures were taken from The Eye. The first is Buckingham Palace followed by St Paul's and Big Ben with Westminster Abbey in the background.

After the Eye, we rode the rest of the route on a very hot and humid, but sunny London day. We enjoyed seeing places like 10 Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, and many more London fixtures. We made it back to our hotel by 5, with ample time to cool off before heading out for dinner at our favorite pub, the Zetland Arms. We took The Tube (subway) to St Martin of the Fields for a baroque music concert featuring Vivaldi's Four Seasons and several other numbers like Pachabel's Canon in D. The string ensemble (accompanied by a harpsichord) was excellent! Walking back at 10:00 at night through a vibrant neighborhood with very busy restaurants was an unusual experience.

Rain is expected tomorrow but our only planned activity is Buckingham Palace and lunch at Harrod's, then getting ready to head to the Ocean Princess Saturday morning.

Bill Schott