We got to "meet" lots of famous people. I think the highlight for sister was meeting David Beckham, the soccer dude who is married to Posh spice. I got to see Christina Aguilera's back tat.
Part of the whole experience was this part of the attraction called "Chamber Live" and it kind of freaked us out because they had live actors going through was was supposed to be a dungeon and they would jump out and scare you. I made my sister go ahead of me so she would get the brunt of everything. I am such a wonderful brother.
After leaving Madame Tussaud's we rode the tube to Kensington Park. We walked thru the park and saw the palace where the late Diana lived. Kensington Park merges into Hyde Park. They have a trail called the Flower Walk, but this time of year there was not much blooming. I imagine it looks much better in the springtime. We stopped at the Prince Albert Memorial, which is directly in front of Royal Albert Hall. Jennifer was starting to complain again about her feet hurting her. I guess her world famous Uggs weren't as supportive as we thought.
We ended up at the bottom of Hyde Park near Knightsbridge and made our way to Harrods (http://www.harrods.com/). It was one of the places that was on the top of Jen's list.
Our plan was to eat in the Food Hall at Harrods, but it was a bit too pricey for the commoners that we are, so we did our shopping, saw the cheesy memorials to Dodi and Diana, and then went across the street to a little French cafe that had a fixed menu lunch (which still cost about $50).
The service was terrible and slow, but while we were waiting for our food, we managed to miss the one rain storm that came during our trip.
We finally finished up at the restaurant and made our way over to Trafalgar Square to get some pictures, although it had started to get a little dark. We then made our way up to Covent Garden and did some last minute souvenir and gift shopping. As we were leaving we saw a pretty cool street performer who had himself locked and chained to a ladder then managed to "escape". It got a little lame in the end because he kept mentioning that we should leave him money.
We were pretty much exhausted by this point, and we made our way wearily back to the hotel. Jen was not hungry since we had such a late lunch, so I stopped at a bakery and got a quiche and a little bottle of wine for myself.
We did most of our packing that night because we had an early morning on Friday. The alarm went off at 5:15am (that would be 11:15pm CST) and we showered and finished packing. We went down to the restaurant for breakfast at 6:30, and by 7 we were checked out and on our way to Victoria station in a cab. We caught the 7:30 train to Gatwick. My airline's flight at 10 was quite full. The premium cabins were full and coach was heavy. I had pre-purchased two ZED (Zonal Employee Discount) tickets before we left home on British Airways, and since their flight was wide open, we took them instead. They did upgrade us to World Traveler Plus, which is their premium cabin, although it was a far cry from our lie-flat beds on the way over. With headwinds and some diversion, it took over 10 hours to get home, which made Jen a little antsy. I managed to sustain myself with wine and gin and tonics!
It was a great trip, and I think that my sister had a good time. The major downfall being the strength of the pound.
Cheers!
1 comment:
Those were all great! I loved reading your comments about all the pictures. I'm glad the pics at Trafalgar turned out good. I had a wonderful time & can't wait for our next vaca together! Love you Bodie:)
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