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<\/a><\/p>\nThis Shakespeare quote about the Thames made me laugh.<\/p>\n
Final glimpse!<\/p>\n Well said…<\/p>\n Lots of this signage today. I did better today than I did my first day in Glasgow when I forgot to do this and almost got creamed. I had a Canadian flag on my bag and the driver screamed at me to go back to Canada if I didn’t know how to cross a street!<\/p>\n The UK’s 24 Sussex Drive and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. LOTS of security, of course! But as long as you were polite and just taking pictures, the police were cool.<\/p>\n These arches are at the Treasury.<\/p>\n A few people told me to view the Churchill War Rooms, but they’re rather expensive and the queue was almost three blocks long!<\/p>\n Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n I literally stumbled onto New Scotland Yard on my way to Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n I got a chuckle at seeing this House of Fraser, a department store. When I was in the larger cities in Scotland, House of Fraser was always my reference point. I would see people walking with its bright red bag and gauge where the store was in relation to where they were coming from, then orientate myself.<\/p>\n Vicky, this will have to do you instead of a map. Get on Google! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Aaaaand Buckingham Palace. Not too many people today.<\/p>\n Looking towards St. James’s Park.<\/p>\n I actually saw the Queen come out of the Palace of Holyroodhouse when I was in Edinburgh! She’s tiny!<\/p>\n I decided to head through Belgravia to Hyde Park.<\/p>\n There is a public transportation stop called Canada Water?!<\/p>\n I had\u00a0my first 99 Flake<\/a>! It was \u00a31.50 outside Hyde Park, the cheapest Flake I’d seen yet!<\/p>\n Hyde Park is huge. I just strolled along the edge since I was getting desperate for lunch.<\/p>\n Came out of the park in front of a pub. How convenient! It was the Paxton’s Head in Knightbridge<\/a>. I was famished and wanted something of the stick to your ribs variety. Their sausage and mash with loads of yummy gravy and sweet onion chutney at \u00a38.99 appeared to be the best value to fill that need. I asked for a beer to go with it and the bartender actually poured me a decent sized sampler! It was a slightly bitter larger I knew would go well with my meal, so I ordered a half pint. Lunch was really yummy. I wanted to lick the plate. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n I was fading by this point and almost ready to head to Madame Tussaud’s. I passed a pink cab, complete with female driver, on the way to the Knightsbridge Tube station.<\/p>\n After consulting a map, I decided to make one more stop, Harrods Department Store.<\/p>\n Here is its famous Egyptian staircase. So gorgeous!<\/p>\n The store is very, very, very posh and carries everything you can imagine. My neighbour Caroline joked the other day that the only thing she could afford at Harrods was one cookie. She wasn’t exaggerating! I didn’t leave empty handed, though…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n