Saturday, June 26, 2010

London: a tribute



We packed in just about every possible tourist destination into our short time in London. It wasn't long enough. If London could hear me, this is what I'd say:
  • Thank you for your free museums, especially the Tate Modern, which are easy on budget-conscious travelers and very inspirational, educational, diverse, enjoyable, and many more adjectives.
  • Thank you for your countless, perfectly manicured, and busy parks and gardens. We wish we lived near one of them.
  • Thank you for your quirky street food of which we ate plentifully including fish and chips, baguette sandwiches, and the Asian fusion sensation that fed our hungry tummys: Wagamamas.
  • Thank you for Marks and Spencer...home to my favorite candy: Percy Pigs. You made my day.
  • Thank you for having cool, hidden historical sites, churches, parks, and monuments around every corner and for making sure visitors NEVER get bored.
  • Thank you for your busy street markets where we can buy everything from vintage door knobs to Dr. Martens from the 90s.
  • Thank you for your fabulous public transportation that is clean, fast, and dependable and for kindly reminding us to mind the gap each and every time.
  • Thank you for your beautiful river around which everything else gravitates.
  • And thank you for being the best host and for living up to every memory I ever had of you...
  • I miss you terribly.
Now the photo montage...



Churches:

St. Paul's


Westminster Abbey





Buckingham Palace



Abbey Road


The Tube.


Leaving London...heading to PARIS!

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