London, July 19-23, 2010

We stayed at the Jesmond Hotel in Bloomsbury, another great value B&B. Spent 3 full days exploring London on foot! Walked though Charing Cross and many, many book stores, the National Art Gallery and National Portrait Gallery and then on to Westminister Abbey and Big Ben, across the Westminster Bridge (view of London Eye) to the Imperial War Museum, across the Waterloo Bridge and back to Bloomsbury the first day. The second day it was off to Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, the Natural History Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum (my favorite!!), and then back to Bloomsbury via Piccadilly. The third day we ventured through Covent Garden then across the Black Friars Bridge and all along the south side of the Thames- saw Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (nice tour with viewing of Anne Boleyn rehearsal), The Golden Hind, HMS Belfast,- crossed the Tower Bridge and walked along the north side of the Thames, back up through Charing Cross for more book shopping and then on through Oxford and Regent Streets for more shopping before heading to Pescatori on Charlotte Street for a lovely seafood dinner.