Monday was our last morning in London. We successfully finished off most of the breakfast food that we bought at the local market for the week, and the coffee was used up. It was packing time so Kate and I visited the neighborhood coffee and pastry shop – Paul Rhodes. I wish there was one […]
Fortunately they indulged me. Our Oyster card expired on Saturday so I pulled out the bus maps and plotted a course for Abbey Road. According to the map we were to take the #31 to Belsize road. We did. Not bad £2 each. We walked from Belsize to Abbey road (it turns out there was […]
Yesterday was our planned trip to Portobello Road. Before we were assembled, I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. I found this cottage nestled in amongst the row houses. The lighting was challenging, so I decided to have some fun with the image. This was three images processed using HDR (high dynamic range). […]
Yesterday was long day. We caught our bus a short walk away from the flat at 7:20. From there we headed to Victoria terminal where most of the tour busses seemed to load up. I was quite disappointed to learn that our original tour had been cancelled. We were supposed to go to Windsor, Stonehenge […]
We set off on this rainy morning to visit St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was designed by Christopher Wren in 1675. We enjoyed the grounds and took turns taking pictures and holding the umbrella above the camera’s. It wasn’t great shooting weather but we enjoyed the cathedral. The front portico was packed with umbrellas. Everyone was […]
We are staying in a VRBO (Vacation Rental by Owner) in the Notting Hill area. I am hooked on this. Short of staying in your own place or that of a friend it seems hard to beat. We have a three bedroom flat with a kitchen, 2 1/2 baths and laundry for less that most […]
The day started a little slow with most sleeping in. I think that the miles of walking caught up with us. When we finally got on our way we headed to Platform 9 3/4. It was hidden away but folks seemed to find their way to it just the same. No queue, but a steady […]
There are so many cool places to visit. My initial fear was that we’d run of of things to do in just one city (we are taking one or two short day trips outside the city but I digress). It is still early but our list of remaining things to do, and places to go, […]
Ok so I am running a bit behind (since we are finishing up on day three as I write – but we’ve been busy). We started the day by buying our Oyster cards and setting out on the tube. Although it is trite and over done, we just couldn’t resist doing the red phone booth […]
We arrived Saturday afternoon and the trip was relatively uneventful. After arriving in Notting Hill and getting situated we took off to explore the local area. We wandered aroud Notting Hill for a while, found a nice little restaurant where we sampled five appetizers at the All-in-One bar. They were great. We also tried Innis […]
