It is hard to believe that I’ve visited the place a man was born and died over something like 500 years ago. The only way you can believe this, comes from the fact he was as famous in his time as ours.
I leave this place with only pictures and postcards only because my luggage has limited space and my trip has only just begun. There are some wonderful souvenirs in the shops, and some nice fudge too.
Had a nice tour and stopped for lunch at The Buttery for lunch.
The food was really good. I had the smoked salmon and cream cheese on a bagel with a coffee.
Okay, so my official tour started today. I’m the youngest person by 20 years, all but the tour guide who is in his late 20’s. And I’m surrounded by a bunch of aussies even the tour guide if from Australia..
The country side is beautiful. Seen lots of sheep on the drive to Oxford, our first stop of the tour.
Today I toured London with a tour group and got to see the Queen and the royal family. Here should be the links to the videos on my youtube page.
See the Queen here —> http://youtu.be/brMBxkolsJA
See the Royal Family here —> http://youtu.be/0J00Uh797II
It was a great day.
Met 3 couples from Nevada that were really having fun. I even went to a pub in the evening to sample some local beers and guess who showed up..
So here is my shout out to Carl, Don, Arthur and their wives. Sadly, they are here for a different tour of England.
My afternoon is planned!
I’ll have a picture as soon as I can get my camera out and on fast enough to catch one of the London buses with the Superman Movie AD.
The movie was AWESOME!!!
So, I got this idea that Harrods wasn’t all that far from my hotel. It was just on the other side of the park. Yeah right. I only turned on my running app when I decided to come back, it was 1.02 miles so there and back again was 2.04 miles. Checking my fitbit I walked 6.4 miles today. I’m over my jetlag but now my back and left big toe are hurting.. You see the domed like building behind me, … way back there? Would have been another 5 minutes of walking according to the sign I used for support. 😦
But here are some pretty pictures I took while walking in Hyde Park.
Good news first.. The fire alarm at 12:10am was a false alarm. Now how do I get back to sleep after that aerobic workout of running down 8 flights of stairs?
Ok, made it into London. They did serve dinner and a breakfast on the plane. I didn’t sleep much cause the old dude behind me kept getting up and to use the bathroom. He had to use my headrest to pull himself up 😦 I could have also watched some of the newest released movies; however, my video screen didn’t work 😦
I give up on Facebook and Google+ just going to post my trip stuff here.
So I’m sitting in the airport right now waiting to board British Airways flight to London. I’m so very excited to be taking my first trip to another country.
I’ll post more when I land and will include photos.
| Start Time |
Oct 13, 2012 8:24 AM
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|---|---|
| Distance | 5 km |
| Duration |
40m:07s
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| Avg Speed |
13:07 min/mi
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