Monday, October 22, 2018

London

Tracy and I slept in. Our bodies are so sore. The tendons in the back of my knees are quite tender.

We checked out about 9:30, went for breakfast, then took the rental car back to Europcar in Romford. Walked to the train station, and caught the next train back to downtown London, got on the Underground to Earl's Court, and got to our hostel, St. James Backpackers. This is a hostel, a large common area, kitchen, tv, a really nice patio in the back, lots of backpackers. I obviously missed out the pricing, though, 89 pounds a night for a private double...I think I thought it was 89 CAD. Oh well.

After getting checked in, we wandered around, down to the Thames. St. Pauls Cathedral was very close so we checked it out. Normally you have to pay to get in, but they had a service going, so anyone could go in for free, but you couldn't walk through the whole church, just the back half, so we didn't get a chance to see the best parts of it. We walked around a bit more, and were getting a bit peckish, so headed to Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (via the Underground), one of the oldest pubs in London. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London in 1666...that's old. It's pretty neat, part of it is in the cramped basement of the building, little nooks and crannies that are hundreds of years old. We had dinner, then walked along the Thames in the area of Bankside. Very nice, lots of things to see, lots of new, fancy restaurants along side really old pubs in really old buildings. Saw a full-size replica of the ship Sir Francis Drake used to circumnavigate the earth back in 1577-1580. The ship was called the Golden Hind.

We found our way back to the hostel after 9:00pmish.

1 comment:

  1. Did you try taking a dump in one of the toilets at the church. I heard they are nice.

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