6/24/2009
After a long day before we headed to London around 10:30. To get the cheaper tickets you go at the less busy time. We got there in a little over an hour. After figuring out we wanted to do a hop on/ hop off bus, we got the ticket and walked the 15 minutes to the closest site. We got on a blue bus first. On it you have to listen to a prerecorded message about the city. We got off in the SOHO district. We walked around a while and found a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. It is always scary eating over here not knowing for sure what you will get. But at a Chinese restaurant it went to a whole new level. They had a few pictures, but not on the main dishes. We ate a crab meat and shrimp appetizer, and I had a mixed seafood and noodles and Dawndra had the hot plate with chicken and vegetables and white rice. It was all great. We were very impressed. We headed back to the bus and got on a red line. It has a person talking about all the sites. The person we had was ‘Pat’. I finally noticed the name tag, Alison, so we assumed girl. She was pretty knowledgeable but very dry. She would try to make a joke, but it did not come over well at all. It was better than the pre recorded. We rode around for quite a while just taking in the city. We got off at Buckingham palace and saw the guards there. They did something, but we were not sure what. At that point we got back on and rode for two stops till the end. Then we decided to walk to eat and then the theater. It was a longer walk than we thought. We made it in plenty of time and went to eat at a place called Leon’s. It was ok. It was a very casual place and quick. Then the theater. We went to see ‘A Duet for One’. It is a two person play about a violinist that get MS and goes to her psychologist. It was ok. The theater was a very cool building. I wish I could have got to know some history about it. After it was over we high tailed it to the underground to catch it to the train station. And yes, Philip, we did ‘Mind the Gap’!! It was a rush but we made it to the train after running through the station. The train back to Birmingham was much longer. We are not sure why, but is was running at about half speed compared to the way there. We did get to read a lot. I was hoping on the train we would get to see a lot of the country side. But the train is in between trees most of the way and it is very difficult to see much. We finally made it back to our condo at about 1:30.
C&D
After a long day before we headed to London around 10:30. To get the cheaper tickets you go at the less busy time. We got there in a little over an hour. After figuring out we wanted to do a hop on/ hop off bus, we got the ticket and walked the 15 minutes to the closest site. We got on a blue bus first. On it you have to listen to a prerecorded message about the city. We got off in the SOHO district. We walked around a while and found a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. It is always scary eating over here not knowing for sure what you will get. But at a Chinese restaurant it went to a whole new level. They had a few pictures, but not on the main dishes. We ate a crab meat and shrimp appetizer, and I had a mixed seafood and noodles and Dawndra had the hot plate with chicken and vegetables and white rice. It was all great. We were very impressed. We headed back to the bus and got on a red line. It has a person talking about all the sites. The person we had was ‘Pat’. I finally noticed the name tag, Alison, so we assumed girl. She was pretty knowledgeable but very dry. She would try to make a joke, but it did not come over well at all. It was better than the pre recorded. We rode around for quite a while just taking in the city. We got off at Buckingham palace and saw the guards there. They did something, but we were not sure what. At that point we got back on and rode for two stops till the end. Then we decided to walk to eat and then the theater. It was a longer walk than we thought. We made it in plenty of time and went to eat at a place called Leon’s. It was ok. It was a very casual place and quick. Then the theater. We went to see ‘A Duet for One’. It is a two person play about a violinist that get MS and goes to her psychologist. It was ok. The theater was a very cool building. I wish I could have got to know some history about it. After it was over we high tailed it to the underground to catch it to the train station. And yes, Philip, we did ‘Mind the Gap’!! It was a rush but we made it to the train after running through the station. The train back to Birmingham was much longer. We are not sure why, but is was running at about half speed compared to the way there. We did get to read a lot. I was hoping on the train we would get to see a lot of the country side. But the train is in between trees most of the way and it is very difficult to see much. We finally made it back to our condo at about 1:30.
C&D
Sounds like you didn't the 10K with the running you are doing to catch trains! At least you are getting there on time. Would love to see Edinburg. Did you check out the golf courses? Looking forward to hearing all about the trip.
ReplyDeleteMother had the same thought I did! You're doing enough running to get in a 10K just catching your rides!
ReplyDeleteYes we have been running a lot. And speed walking to get places in time. Plus just a lot of walking. i wish I would have brought a pedometer just to see how much we did walk.
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