London part 2:
We returned to London and stayed in the same hotel. While it wasn't a great hotel it was good to be somewhere familiar. Frank was delighted when he found 6 cans of beer in the wardrobe. We've discovered that hotels in Ireland and UK do not have fridge's, so Frank develops a relationship with the receptionist and she puts the beers in the kitchen :)
We spent a wonderful afternoon with Frank's brother Keith, Kathryn, George & Angus in Kent. The weather was glorious. Their family also 'competes' for height, it was funny when Frank & Keith vied for the high ground for the photo :)
I thought the Queen said to come in for tea, but the gates don't open.
so I sit in the garden. The tulips are magnificent.
There are so many marvellous gardens in London. Hyde Park is immense. We take a long walk along the Serpentine and discover we are on a commemorative walk.
This is as close to Harrods as Frank will let me get!
We visit Nelson's column. To keep the pigeons in control they have two falcons and an owl. It was amazing to watch the falcon's chasing the pigeons. This is an ingenious solution to a problem that has the added bonus of also being a tourist attraction.
The underground was amazingly efficient.
The queue for the dinosaurs in the natural history museum. I'm definitely reading the wrong book at the moment; Dan Brown's Inferno, which is about over population.
London in conclusion:
It was wonderful to visit London as a tourist. We were lucky with the weather, which helps. London is looking fabulous; possibly because the Olympics were last year? I think it is also a bit of nostalgia and familiarity. I even enjoyed little things like the hedgerows, familiar flowers.
Time to move on to Paris :)
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