Barb and I bid our farewell to Alligin and a cool, cloudy highlands threatening rain there for the next week and flew from Inverness to London Sunday evening.
(Inverness)
I mention this, mostly for Eileen's benefit as she stayed behind for an extended rainy visit with her parents. Barb and I took the good weather karma with us. Cheers, Eileen!
Monday turned into a relaxing day to wander through a summer-hot London.
St George's Parish Church is on our block and has a gnarly unicorn and lion on the tower.
We visited the Borough Market but were unfortunate to find most of the venders are not open Mondays. :(
However, there were hints of glory among what was open. For this familiar with Philly, it seemed similar to Reading Terminal Market, but semi enclosed/open market.
The Covent Gardens near where we stayed, is full of great shops and cafes - though a bit on the high end. Barb finally found a Doc Martins shop and I enjoyed the rare strong free wifi from the Apple store.
Also on our block is one of the worlds greatest collections of cultural "found" objects- the British Museum.
Though some of the most important artifacts of history, like the Rosetta Stone, are housed here, I was more excited by the interior design of the museum.
By dinner time, Barb's map of London was tired & in pieces:
Our flat was super reasonable and like every other flat we rented on this trip, there was an orchid! What's that about?!?!
Our last night in the UK was very nice. We decided on a really good Thai meal (no photos available) for dinner . Then a last London drink sitting outside in the most pleasant weather, people watching and reviewing all the great times we shared the few weeks.
Tomorrow barb heads flies to Atlanta and I take the Chunnel to Paris. (I win).
G'night London.
*posting has been delayed due to complicated wifi supply.
