We stayed with my friend Nathan while in London for 3 nights. It meant we could make our own dinners and pack our lunch - a nice change from buying things all the time. Our first taste of London was a beautiful sunny spring day walking through Hyde Park. There were little daisies through all the grass and squirrels bouncing around. It made me feel like skipping (but I didn't). We decided to forgo the hiring of a deckchair at £4 and snoozed under an oak tree on the grass instead.
On a bridge in Hyde Park
We had our first coffee since Madrid Airport at the coffee shop just by the Serpentine, then took the Underground (so easy and fast) to Leyton where my friend lives.
The next day started off in a wonderful London drizzle. We made it to Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard at 11.30 - gorgeous, gorgeous horses. We then walked to Westminster Abbey (via a stop at a quaint little coffee shop). After some happy snaps we walked down to West End and saw a matinee of Wicked (loved it!) a musical about the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West. We stopped at Trafalgar Square on the way home, where people were celebrating the St George festival.
With Big Ben near Westminster Abbey
Our third day in London (beginning with drizzle again) sent us first to the British Museum for about 2 hours (absolutely not enough time) and then on to St Paul's Cathedral where I took the 343 steps to the top. We then went down to the Tower of London, which I had envisaged to be a bit more tower-like, but oh well.
View of the Tower bridge (with actual towers)
I went on the travellator past the jewels several times, and was particularly fond of Queen Mary's Crown as well as the star of Africa (which came from Great Zimbabwe).
530 carats. That's all I need to say.
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