London, England 12/3/24

Greetings from beautiful London Town, busy England.

Quite a long trip over, with flight delays and layovers, but after a hectic 24 hour odyssey, we made it to our Airbnb in the Notting Hill neighborhood of London. Kate had already made it to our Airbnb in London, so it was an easy check in.

We checked out the local pub, The Cow. It was fantastic. Ok, time for a little dinner!

Ok, up bright and early as we have a full day ahead! First stop, the local diner for the Full English Breakfast. Yes, those are Baked Beans, tomatoes and mushrooms, standard English breakfast fare…delicious!

First stop, Brought Market. More of a food court style market and very popular.

Walking across the River Thames now, nice weather. A bit cold but no rain!

The Tower of London was a fortress, a Royal Palace and an infamous Prison.

Cindy and I have toured the Tower before, but Kate hadn’t, so she and Cindy had a fantastic tour.

The retired Beefeaters take you on the tour. They are quite humorous and very knowledgeable.

The Tour is very fun, but they are really limiting photography, so not so many pictures.

During their tour, Cindy and Kate saw the King of Qatar who was in town to talk trade with Charles. They gave him a cannon salute. That was fun.

Ok, Tube over to Harrods, man it was PACKED with holiday shoppers.

Harrods is very, very high end and crazy busy, so we made the visit short and made it back home.

Ok, 27,000 steps and over a dozen Tube changes, I’m exhausted!

More tomorrow, I’m sure!