Day 2 England

Dirk, Laurie, Jenika and John all went off to sightsee in London, leaving me alone. Why? Because I wanted to have a day of rest. So around noon, I went for a walk and then took a bus to the center of London. Via a double decker bus. And, I rode in the front seat at the upper level! A ride I've wanted to take for at least 70 years. What a ride it was, an hour and 45 minutes on narrow roads, squeezing through heavy traffic along miles and miles with row houses on both sides of the road. London must have a high density of people per square mile.

When we passed the Thames, it took me 2 more stops to get off as I had to negotiate the steep narrow stairs from the upper deck. But now I was right in the center of London and just walking along, I found Trafalgar Square and had a good time walking around. There were a lot of people, sightseers, school kids and locals.

Being hungry, I found a sidewalk Cafe and had fish and chips and a bottle of water. Had a treat watching the stream of people going by - all seeming to be in a hurry. An older couple with a 20 something daughter stopped right by my table and the older lady took off one of her shoes which was evidently giving her pain. The daughter came to her and fished her wallet out of her purse and sifted through her paper money and pulled out a band aid which her Mom promptly put on the offending foot and then replacing her offending shoe, they took off at a rapid pace.

It was getting late, about 5 PM and I had the only key to our flat. I thought that the sightseerers would come back to our flat and be locked out and worry about where is Dad? So I found a train station and with some difficulty getting directions because my pronunciation of Sydenham was not recognisable by my would be advisor. But after awhile and me spelling it, got on the right train. I had to change trains and went throiugh the same routine to get to the right connection.

Arrived safe and sound and quite tired at 6:30 but ahead of the rest of our party. Aside from watching the news, working a Sudoku, having another little bite to eat, thus ended the day.