We started the day by switching hotels (maximizing Dustin's points!), and then headed through Green Park to meet up with the Berriers at Buckingham Palace.
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| More daffodils |
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| It was cold! |
We then headed through Hyde Park on our way to the Churchill War Rooms:
The Churchill War Rooms were fascinating to go through; at the end of WWII, they shut the door and the rooms weren't reopened for decades. Teddy was a good companion, holding my hand and carefully listening to the audio guide. Everywhere we went did audio guides; I've concluded that I'm actually not a big fan of them.
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| Map room |
Next up: The National Art Gallery located next to Trafalgar Square. I'm not sure it even counts as an activity as we zipped through it (My favorite glimpse was of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers").
Then onto the subway to have lunch in Regent Park.
Despite making fun of our desire to picnic in the cold, our friend Timothy was a good sport to bring his lunch and join us.
We said good-byes to our dear companions, and Dustin and I headed off to the British museum by ourselves.
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| Assyrian bas relief |
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| Pieces from the Parthenon |
We ended the day with our first quiet meal of the trip:
Well, actually, we ended the day going back to the hotel and dealing with housing stuff (the ups and downs of being contactable!) as we did most nights of the trip...Happily it paid off in that one of the groups who toured the condo while we were away is going to rent it.
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