Jolly Old London
Mar. 20th, 2008 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljWe're here! We arrived in London on Sunday in the rain but the rest of the week so far has been overcast, cool but the sun has some out on occaision. I believe it's going to rain today though and get colder over the weekend. We've walked a lot and seen some lovely things and places so far, including St. Paul's Cathedral. Taking a cyber stop today to catch up though i may only be skimming lj as we've only paid for an hour and have used up almost half of that already. We've taken an open top bus tour though half of it we stayed down below where it was warm. We've done Harrod's and Fortnum's and had a look in Hatchard's book store. We saw the Lion King last night, very very nice and very clever costumes. Had a few nice meals. Might try to find a place to try tapas as we've neither of us had that before. Today i think we're going to Kensington Palace and having tea at the Orangerie. Later maybe a bit more shopping depending on how hard it rains.
Tuesday we went to Brighton though we only saw the sea for about 5 minutes. We'd spent all our time wandering the North Laines where teh funky shops are and the narrow medieval streets where the original village was and is now also called the Lanes with shops and restaurants. We went through the Pavillion which was really gob-stopping with opulence in some parts. By the time we got to the sea front it was getting colder and we were very footsore so we just had a look, took a few photos of the pier and got a cab back to the train station.
We're traveling around by bus with a bus pass on Oyster card which is really great. I think I can reuse them with other types of transport passes on future trips too. I've arrived in the 21st century! Graham arrives tomorrow, we're seeing Phantom tomorrow night, meeting![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sparklielizard, stevenothing, naturalbornkaos and sarahofthedead tomorrow and hopefully a few more of you on Sunday at shakespeare's head in Holborn from 3 onward. Hopefully we can get a table. We'll try to get there a little early and stalk anyone taking up one of the big round tables at the back lol!
Mom is finding so many new and different things to see and really seems to be enjoying London. Our hotel is fine, a bit worn around the edges but the room is cozy and beds are very comfy, the bathroom is a good size and we're happy with it all. Location is fab.
Right. Hi from both of us and we'll probably not get back to you until we get home!
Tuesday we went to Brighton though we only saw the sea for about 5 minutes. We'd spent all our time wandering the North Laines where teh funky shops are and the narrow medieval streets where the original village was and is now also called the Lanes with shops and restaurants. We went through the Pavillion which was really gob-stopping with opulence in some parts. By the time we got to the sea front it was getting colder and we were very footsore so we just had a look, took a few photos of the pier and got a cab back to the train station.
We're traveling around by bus with a bus pass on Oyster card which is really great. I think I can reuse them with other types of transport passes on future trips too. I've arrived in the 21st century! Graham arrives tomorrow, we're seeing Phantom tomorrow night, meeting
sparklielizard, stevenothing, naturalbornkaos and sarahofthedead tomorrow and hopefully a few more of you on Sunday at shakespeare's head in Holborn from 3 onward. Hopefully we can get a table. We'll try to get there a little early and stalk anyone taking up one of the big round tables at the back lol! Mom is finding so many new and different things to see and really seems to be enjoying London. Our hotel is fine, a bit worn around the edges but the room is cozy and beds are very comfy, the bathroom is a good size and we're happy with it all. Location is fab.
Right. Hi from both of us and we'll probably not get back to you until we get home!
