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London Second Visit

Sightseeing

Friday, February 1, 2008

The Tower Bridge from the river. The Tower Bridge from the river.

David S. and Mary drove us to London to have lunch with Rona and Keith, good friends of theirs, and now I am happy to say, good friends of mine too. After lunch, David S. and Mary dropped us off at Paul and Wendy's home in Westminster, where we will stay until Monday when our flight leaves for Japan.

It was so great to see Wendy and Paul again, but it was also sad to say goodbye to Mary and David S., who have been such great hosts to us and fantastic travel friends. See you both in March when we will safari with you in South Africa.

Paul and Wendy are hardworking doctors. Julia and I cannot thank them enough for going to the trouble of making us all a delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner after they had both put in a full workday. Thank you, Wendy and Paul!

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Lenka and Sacha. Lenka and Sacha.

Wendy and Paul left for a family get-together in Devon this morning, leaving their lovely home in Westminster to us. Julia and I got up early, posted mail, sent back my busted PC to the States, and obtained Japanese money for our Japan trip. It was not easy getting the Yen, as we had to find an American Express office in London while we were standing on Oxford Street in downtown London.

Julia and Charles. Julia and Charles.

So we called the Mary 24-hour hotline information service. As always, Mary looked after us and found the nearest American Express office on her computer and then called us back. Thanks, Me-Moz!

Sacha in the playground. Sacha in the playground.

After all of these mundane tasks, we headed for Hackney, which is where Lenka, Sacha, and Charles, Julia's brother, live. We stayed with them in December when we first arrived in London.

It was great to see them all again, and Lenka and Charles made us a terrific lunch. Then Sacha got up from his nap, and we took him to the playground, where he climbed, jumped, and slid down everything.

It was really cold again in London, so we soon headed back to Charley's place and the warmth. Lenka bought Charley the complete set of Laurel and Hardy DVDs, so we watched a couple of their better films.

From Julia: It was so great to see my gorgeous and cute nephew Sacha. I felt very sad to say goodbye to everyone over the last couple of days, but very happy to be heading off to Japan to meet Lawrie and Andy.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Julia at Greenwich Observatory. Julia at Greenwich Observatory.

We went to see the Royal Observatory today. This is where the zero meridian is located, and so you can have one foot east of the zero meridian and one foot west of it at the same time. I am not sure what this really does for you, but it seems cool. To get there, we took a Thames ferry, so we also got to see the views of London from the river. It was a nice sunny day (although extremely cold), so the view was particularly good today.

The Belfast. The Belfast.

My Dad served in the Royal Navy during the Korean War on a ship called the Belfast. The Belfast had a distinguished career during the Second World War and Korean War and has been moored in the Thames since 1971. It is open to the public. I visited it on one of my earlier visits to London. My Dad had an operation performed on him in the infirmary on the Belfast; you can see the operating theatre on the tour.




Westminster Video
Greenwich Video
Japan Plan Video

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