We’ve just begun this year’s vacation and we’re behind
already! The change in time caught
up with us and we just couldn’t post anything our first night in London.
Our flight from Dulles was uneventful and short (only 6 and
a half hours). Our captain was
very entertaining as he made the little talk pilots give before you push away
from the gate. He told us we were
embarking on this miracle of flight and waxed very poetic. He concluded his remarks by saying “And
now, let us away from Washington!”
Quite different from the usual “sit back and enjoy the flight, folks.”
Our hotel room was ready when we arrived and after getting
cleaned up and taking a little nap, we were off for our trip on the underground
to downtown London. It was chilly,
windy and looked like it would rain at any moment, but we set out nonetheless
to Westminster Abbey. Along the
way we passed some kind of Paralympic event in Trafalgar Square. On the opposite side of the street were
demonstrators for an unknown cause.
Each time we’ve been to London there have been demonstrators of some
kind. It’s all very interesting to
see.
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| Big Ben and the stormy sky |
Last year when we were here it was a Sunday and Westminster
Abbey was closed. Well, today we
got there at 3:45 and the last admissions were at 3:30. Missed it again! At that point it was looking very
threatening and we were very tired, so we walked along the Thames Embankment
part of the way back to our train station. Despite the weather there were lots of tourists strolling
and boats cruising the river. Just
before we reached the station, the rain began. Fortunately we didn’t have far to go because the umbrellas
were back at the hotel.
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| The London Eye just before the rain came |
We ‘ll try to see more tomorrow. For tonight,
we’re bushed. Al has a
pedometer in his pocket and since arriving at Dulles we walked 7.63 miles!
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