London Days 3 and 4

We were pretty tired after 2 busy days so Peter thought he would go out for the morning and then leave me to explore in the afternoon. We wanted to see the Tower and Tower Bridge so we got off the tube at Tower Hill and headed off. It was the nicest day so far in London so we took our time just wandering.

Still practising our selfies (the others have been deleted).

We crossed Tower Bridge and walked along the river towards London Bridge where Peter was going to leave but it was such a lovely day that he decided to keep going for a bit longer.

Past the Globe.

We stopped to watch some street performers.

By now we were getting close to the Tate Britain. We wanted to see the Turner Collection there so we just kept going.

 We caught the end of the guided tour which was very interesting. Another place we could easily have spent several more hours in but by now our legs and feet were complaining so we headed back to the hotel. We estimated that we walked about 8 kilometres.

Today we started with a visit to the John Soane Museum, a fascinating house which has been preserved as it was 180 years ago. He was the architect who designed the Bank of England, but he was also an avid collector of antiquities. Every nook and cranny has something interesting to look at. He designed the interior of the house to display his collection, just amazing.

From there we walked to Covent Garden, then Piccadilly Circus via Leicester Square.

We had figured out where to catch a bus at the end of the day so we took a short walk through Hyde Park to Kensington.

The bus stop was right near Harrods so I decided I had to at least stick my head in. Peter caught the first bus to come along and I went into Harrods. I didn't quite know what to expect but it was certainly an interesting experience.