We arrived in London on Sunday the 25th of June....and unfortunately we didn't have the greatest of starts to London given we arrived to...
a) The wetest July in history
b) Terroist threats to down town London (car bombs).
At first we were slightly concerned by this but it seems we were the only ones, as Londoners are well used to terrorists causing problems. We then started hitting the London tourist hot spots!
Above- Tower Bridge often mistaken as London's Bridge.
Unfortunately flash photograpghy did not permit us taking pictures of the Queens private parts (of London Tower) but I can ensure you they were big, over the top and completely tacky. A must see though.
Above-Can't help but think of Beefeaters Gin..........................
Above-Can't help but think of Beefeaters Gin..........................
Nadia's re-Tardis, not quite as spacious as Doctor Who's either
Above- Nadia looking rather casual in front of the royal hang out Buckingham Palace.
Nadia, Bridget and Maureen McKenzie (Tim's mum) along with Amy went through the Bunckingham Palace State Rooms.
Just down from Tony Blair's former and Gordon Brown's new pad in Downing Street.
The London Art Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
Above- Nadia shares a hilarious joke with the guard who as you can see cannot contain himself.
One weekend we caught the ferry from Westminster and headed to Greenwich for the day. Below are photos from our day at Greenwich:
Greenwich- it was hard to avoid all the references to time.....................
Above- where the east meets the west....
Above - On our way back from Greenwich on the ferry we were lucky enough to see the bridge raised up for a boat to go through.
Above- Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
Above- 100 Victoria Embankment, Unilever House where Nadia works.
Above - our Flat in Willesden Green
I work in St Alban's it is an hour commute from oour flat - 40minutes on thh train and a 20minute walk from th rtrain station. You can see from the map above that St Albans is a reasonable distance from London/ Willesden Green.
Greenwich- it was hard to avoid all the references to time.....................
Above- where the east meets the west....
Above - On our way back from Greenwich on the ferry we were lucky enough to see the bridge raised up for a boat to go through.Above- Big Ben and Westminster AbbeyAbove- 100 Victoria Embankment, Unilever House where Nadia works.Above - our Flat in Willesden Green
A great kictchen- 5 gas hobs.... watch your head though!
I work in St Alban's it is an hour commute from oour flat - 40minutes on thh train and a 20minute walk from th rtrain station. You can see from the map above that St Albans is a reasonable distance from London/ Willesden Green. Next:
Cardiff.......................sad times ;-(
