All Entries Tagged With: "Thames"
A Taste of Windsor
I met my friend in Windsor yesterday. It was a clear, cool, sunny day. A perfect day, really, for getting out and doing a little sightseeing. I love this statue of Queen Victoria on High Street near the Castle. No, we didn’t go to the castle this time. But, we lucked out and got to [...]
London was crowded
What was I thinking? London was PACKED this weekend, mostly with tourists from the Continent. Even so, we ran into people we knew, and we don’t know that many people. Later, we heard from one of Roxi’s friends that she ran into another classmate at the British Museum. I guess it was the sunshine. Either [...]
Photos of my day in the city
I got into London just after 10 am. I picked up my breakfast (a pasty) and ate it while I meandered toward the Thames. This is the clock at Waterloo Station. I found this paver while I was walking toward the Jubilee Bridge. In the many, many times I’ve passed this way, I have never [...]
Our weekend with Harry
We went into London on Saturday. Roxi and I haven’t been to the city in 3.5 months! We just kind of walked around, went to Chinatown for some hot sauce and spring roll wrappers, Tin Pan Alley for guitar picks, ducked into a bookstore during the worst of the rain, had lunch at a nice [...]
A Lovely Sunday Afternoon in Richmond
Just a shortish walk from the Richmond Train Station, you get to this little approach to the River Thames. You can see that things aren’t that far away… except Tower Bridge, which really was too far to walk to that afternoon. I wonder if there is a path all the way there. Might have to [...]
A Week in Pictures
The Natural History Museum, London. This amazing building was actually more interesting to me than the collections inside. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse in the German Romanesque style, the museum opened in 1881. Be sure to spend some time on the outside to admire the mouldings of animals, birds, and other creatures. Escalator through the metal [...]
Saturday and Sunday
I can’t believe how beautiful the weather has been here! This past weekend was incredible: clear blue skies and 60-degrees. It was perfect weather to play tourist, so that’s what we did. Saturday, we toured Mr. DJ’s three offices. Pretty snazzy digs! We walked from the financial district to Tinpan Alley (sorry, Chris), and back [...]
Walk This Way
One of the many street artists along the Thames, London. We’ve done a lot of wandering around the last couple of days. The weather has been so nice (well, except for the 30+ mph winds) that we just had to get out and do something. Thursday, Roxi and I walked to Covent Gardens Market. It [...]
The Afternoon Light is So Pretty Here
The weather yesterday was glorious—sunny, windy, not too cold. Roxi and I stayed home to do some schoolwork for most of the day, but about 3:00, we walked over to the London Eye area to meet Chris and K for coffee. When K suggested a walk to St. James’s Park, there was no question! The [...]
Hay una Fishcotequa por aqui?
It’s Thursday already. Mr. DJ starts work today. Actually, that means he gets to go into the office, sign a bunch of papers, get his laptop, organize (organise) cell phones, etc. He has lunch with one of his bosses on Friday and then has his orientation beginning next Tuesday. However, he is excited to be [...]
