We made it to London yesterday with ontime flights and the miracle of actually finding each other without the benefit of cell phones at enormous Heathrow airport! After depositing our luggage at Kelaine &Richard's in Wimbledon & then heading into central London, we walked across the Westminster Bridge, cruised on the Thames & took in a West End musical - The Wizard of Oz.
And that pretty much set the pace for today!
Victoria Station by noon, a bus tour, a long meander through Hyde Park, and being wowed by the Prince Albert Memorial! Queen Victoria loved him and grieved for him a lot to build that! Not to mention the gloriously ornate Royal Albert Hall right across the street! After lunch at a pretty much perfect little bistro called The Hyde Perk we headed for the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was definitely our theme for the day - Buckingham Palace even sported the Queen Victoria Memorial in it's front yard!
And at dinner Richard helped satisfy our curiosity by answering our British Monarchy questions. He also found this super nifty and helpful website on British Royals.
Having trouble uploading photos. Hope to get that solved soon!
