England 2006
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The Balettie Bunch invade England!
More pictures can be found here in our England 2006 photo gallery.
UK 2006 - Day 1: Pubs and Palaces
Part 3
of the England 2006 trip report:
So...
after an exhausting morning, lunch is in
order!
We head, on a referral from my
sister, to The Albert Pub for lunch! It was
fantastic, and the kids got a taste of not only
pub food, but Strongbow (cider) on tap! Since
they were with us, we let them each "enjoy" one
pint per day of their choosing.
At the bottom of my
pint of ale, I had a "congratulatory message".
Spot on! Wow. Thanks!
Lunch was really
yummy, and after finishing everything, we were
ready to move on.
Just up the street
was Buckingham Palace. The flag was up, so the
Queen was home! Sorry for the slightly dark
picture... the sun angle was wrong for a really
good one...
We hopped aboard a
double-decker tour bus for a zip around the
City, seeing the sights and enjoying the
wonderful afternoon weather. One of the sights I
hadn't seen before was the *original* Hard Rock
Cafe:
After the bus ride,
we had a boat ride down the Thames towards Tower
Bridge and the Tower of London planned, so we
climbed aboard and had a nice relaxing ride
along the river, past the London Eye (again),
Cleopatra's Needle (see below), St. Paul's, and
other sights until we approached the famous
Tower Bridge.
Unfortunately, the
Tower of London closed at 6pm, with the last
tickets sold at 5pm... since we had arrived at
5:30pm, we decided to make it the *first* stop
of tomorrow's adventures!!!
On the way
out, we saw part of an original Roman wall
around Londinium (as it was called):
There was a statue of
Julius Caesar there... so Andrew decided to
"strike a pose"...
This way for more adventures!!!!!
-or-
... back to the Adventures in England page!
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