Saturday, January 14, 2017

Zach & Mom & London in 24 hours (2013)


Zach & I had an opportunity to stay in London for one more day and I'm pretty certain we walked the city and then some!  We started with a quick trip over to Leister Square to see what West End musical we could see for half price --lucky for Zach, Billy Elliot was a choice and a good one for him! After that show, he was more convinced than ever that dancing ballet as a boy is nothing less than athletic.
 

Another adventure led us across town to find a restaurant that specialized in gourmet hotdogs served with champagne.  Bubbledogs....homemade buns, fresh from the butcher hotdogs, and loaded with toppings!
One place on my bucket list:  St. Paul's Cathedral, well known in history for many grand events, but to me, known as the site for Prince Charles & Princess Diana's wedding!  The original church was built in the year 604.  The current structure was assembled (1675) as part of the city rebuilding project following the Great Fire of London.  The massive dome, one of the highest in the world, was ringed by a walkway allowing people look down into the sanctuary.  God's view.  Nothing less than spectacular!  Climbing more stairs, we were able to walk out onto the rooftop of the dome and view the transept of the building plus the city skyline.  We were so lucky to have such a beautiful sunny day!
In 1940, a time-delayed bomb was difused and when disposed in a secure location, the bomb left a 100ft crater --if it had not been difused, this bomb would have decimated the entire structure! 

All throughout the day we ran into several modes of transportation....and our EuroStar train back to Germany had us there in only a couple hours --over 300kph thru the Belgian countryside and so fast our ears were popping!
the Lamborghini just parked on the street made Zach excited--and it was blue, his favorite color!  All he needs is a driver's license and about $200,000.  The camel transport, as I recall, was one of the wonderful things you could purchase at Hamley's if you had about $1950.  The M&M car was cool but wouldn't get one very far...maybe we'll just take the train.
Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is an annual festival with games, ice skating, carnival rides and tons of street food.  We were here early in the morning as the carnival workers were waking up before massive amounts of people arrived....Flippin' penguins didn't really work out for any big prizes, but it was fun trying!



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