Family Visit to London - Feb 2015
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We wanted to show off our city to our first family visitor!
We walked from the Waterloo Bridge to the Shard. It's about a mile and a half walk along the river Thames so we got to see some iconic London sights on the 30 min walk on the Southbank.
First stop: Get the view from the Top of the Shard. This is the tallest building in Western Europe. It houses a hotel, corporate offices and private apartments. It was imagined as a building where people can work, relax, and live. 73 floors up, you get views like this...
To the west. See if you can spot: Millenium Bridge, Blackfriar Bridge, Tate Modern, and the Coca-Cola London Eye
To the North (and east-ish): the Walkie-Talkie, the Cheesegrater, the Gherkin, London Bridge, HMS Belfast, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, City Hall and waaaay off in the distance is Canary Wharf.
Larson's way up high above London Town
Love these guys
My favourite human
When you're on the Southbank, you HAVE to go to Borough Market. For a snack, for a meal, or just for browsing.
Like this! Even if you don't love olives, doesn't it look beautiful??
After wandering all around the market, getting some samples (favourite was a mushroom pâté), we decided on Ethiopian food. YUM!
Next stop: St Paul's Cathedral tour
Secret picture of the inside of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece
The dome is absolutely incredible. Favourite architectural gem in London!
View from the top of the St Paul's dome. A great view from the other side of the river.
One New Change, Gherkin, Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater from the top of the dome.
After showing Bruce our flat and around our neighbourhood, we wandered over to St John's Wood. I had walked through this park before but never noticed the tombstones!
We hopped on some Barclay's Bike (now red Santander) and biked down the canal in Regent's Park to get to Camden Town and Market. We had walked poor Bruce around like crazy, forgetting that the jet lag coming this way is REAL.
We got to check out the Camden Lock/Chalk Farm Market.
Busy and exciting place. TONS of food that looks like it would be worth a try!
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