London - day 1

Alan and I arrived at London Heathrow within minutes of each other (we actually first saw each other in the immigration line). We were both pretty tired after the overnight flights but pledged to stay awake at a least until it got dark.

Our first journey was to a motorcycle diner called Ace Cafe for lunch. It outside of the city center (zone 3 for those of you familiar with London). This place dates back to the 1930s and has recently just re-opened. The food was tasty and it is always fun to get outside of the normal tourist areas to do some exploring.

After lunch we headed to Camden Town to wander around the markets and shops. It has always been on of our favorite areas in London. We didn't make any purchases but did make some mental notes of places to return.

At about 5:00 pm we were relaxing in the hotel room and very close to falling asleep...way...way too early for this if we wanted to battle jet lag. So...we headed out to walk along the river. We disembarked at Embankment and walked along the south side of the river. This takes you just directly under the London Eye...


I am not a fan of the Eye. There are quite a few amazing and historical buildings right behind it and to me it just sort of distracts from them. Plus, years ago, that was the area where we would sit and relax and watch/listen for Big Ben to do his thing.


Big Ben is one of the places that I will always, always, always visit when I am in London. I think the building itself if beautiful and I have an odd fascination with old clocks...but more than that is a great memory between my brother Alan and I with Alan (husband) looking on and laughing with/at us.

BONG!
BONG!


There were actually seven BONGS in all since it was 7pm.

Off to explore more today...

Location:City of London,United Kingdom