Our return from England was delayed two days due to plane problems and we finally got home late Christmas Eve, but I still woke very early this morning due to the five hour time difference – and took a walk downtown (desolate before 6am and of course all businesses closed) …
Unexpectedly we were back in England recently, and spent a few days in London. We did lots of touristy stuff, starting with an evening walk along the River Thames past the Houses of Parliament and as far as the London Eye, when we first arrived …
The next morning we took the same walk back to the London Eye, and rode it for great views over London:
We also walked to Buckingham Palace (it’s not open for visiting at this time of year!):
In the evening we toured Regent Street and nearby, checking out the Christmas lights (we also took of tour bus but the views from that were not great) …
Our last day in London, we visited the recently converted Battersea Power Station, now a big indoor shopping mall, with a lift ride up one of the chimneys for another set of great views over the city! Growing up about ten miles away this building was iconic – fascinating to learn that for the early years it had only two chimneys!
As well as the Christmas Parade this morning, Winter Garden had its annual Golf Cart Parade this evening, and we watched the beginning where the decorated carts first headed out onto the roads (the first photo is all the carts staged ready to roll, once the sun has set!):
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