Day 3
Well, today being Saturday and being stuck in the city, we went for a walk.
Nord had never been sightseeing in London, so the plan was to show him some sites.
The day dawned bright and breezy and so we set off about 9am for some coffee towards paddington. Coffee and a bad bagel later, we were traipsing down towards mayfair to show Nord the palatial American Embassy and United called. I chose not to answer it, as they only ever call with bad news (I later discovered it was indeed that).
We continued to Green Park, Buckingham Palace*, St. James Park, the color guard at the War Museum (no changing of the guard today at the palace), Big Ben*, the London Eye*, the Globe*, Southwark bridge, Borough Market, Monmouth Coffee+, Tower Bridge and Tower of London*, Bank of England*, the Lloyd's building, the Gerkin*, Ropemaker Square, Fix+ off Old Street, the Bindery (closed and shuttered), Shaftsbury, the whole enitre length of Oxford Street on a Saturday, and then back to the hotel for tea.
[legend: * - tourist shots of Nord; + stops for Coffee ]
We had a soft goat's cheese (Shawley), baguettes, and fresh tomatoes from the Isle of Man for lunch in the plaza by the HMS Belfast on the Thames.
on the way home, down oxford street, into the sun, it was clear that there was a haze and we could no longer ignore the fact that there was a haze over the sun. The air smelled burnt, but there was no particulate actively falling. We had to admit, we were not going anywhere soon.
When we got back, I figured we walked 15.5 miles. After a restorative cuppa tea, I called United back and lo and behold - the first flight now available would be the 22 - thursday, 7 days in. Our plan may be to hang here until we are done with our work.
Nord had never been sightseeing in London, so the plan was to show him some sites.
The day dawned bright and breezy and so we set off about 9am for some coffee towards paddington. Coffee and a bad bagel later, we were traipsing down towards mayfair to show Nord the palatial American Embassy and United called. I chose not to answer it, as they only ever call with bad news (I later discovered it was indeed that).
We continued to Green Park, Buckingham Palace*, St. James Park, the color guard at the War Museum (no changing of the guard today at the palace), Big Ben*, the London Eye*, the Globe*, Southwark bridge, Borough Market, Monmouth Coffee+, Tower Bridge and Tower of London*, Bank of England*, the Lloyd's building, the Gerkin*, Ropemaker Square, Fix+ off Old Street, the Bindery (closed and shuttered), Shaftsbury, the whole enitre length of Oxford Street on a Saturday, and then back to the hotel for tea.
[legend: * - tourist shots of Nord; + stops for Coffee ]
We had a soft goat's cheese (Shawley), baguettes, and fresh tomatoes from the Isle of Man for lunch in the plaza by the HMS Belfast on the Thames.
on the way home, down oxford street, into the sun, it was clear that there was a haze and we could no longer ignore the fact that there was a haze over the sun. The air smelled burnt, but there was no particulate actively falling. We had to admit, we were not going anywhere soon.
When we got back, I figured we walked 15.5 miles. After a restorative cuppa tea, I called United back and lo and behold - the first flight now available would be the 22 - thursday, 7 days in. Our plan may be to hang here until we are done with our work.
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