Travelodge London Kingston Kingston upon Thames

Last time I wrote, I spoke about how we had managed to knock a day off of the walk. Looking ahead, we were now in Windsor, and finally we were able to catch public transport there, but getting back was a bit of an issue. Looking at the options, if we were to walk longer than ever before, we could catch a bus home, plus knock a bit more time off, maybe !!!

Day 10

Start - Finish

Windsor - Kingston upon ...

... good weather and some fantastic 'cruising' music on the ipod. We travelled back seperately to bring both the cars home and arrived safely in Santander in time to have the dogs vetted before checking in for the journey back. Fortunately the weather and winds were kind and our crossing was smooth, even the dogs ...

First, I forgot to mention in my last entry that on Thursday we went to Hyde Park. It was really beautiful and I fed one of the Queen's swans. Apparently, the ugly duckling grows up to be a huge jerk. That swan was MEAN and certainly not grateful. Otherwise, though, the park was very relaxing. There have been a series of performances there this weekend, including the Killers and Dave Matthews Band.

When we heard Michael Jackson died, we ...

... a very pretty park. The Royal Observatory is fantastic! You can stand astride the Western and Eastern Hemispheres-sounds silly but is kinda fun. The museum is very interesting and has all the original Chronometers/Clocks that were developed for use at sea by John Harrison to measure Longitude. His is an interesting story..... The maritime Museum at Greenwich has a great collection of items including the Kings Barge and Nelsons tunic with the hole still in it from the ...

... Circus and sat amongst hundreds of other tourists and enjoyed the street performance. The street performer tonight was a guy similar to Joey, a friend of mine at La Scala. It was nice to see a familiar personality around. After a couple of hours, Yasmin and I realized it was getting late, so we came home. The trains run all night thankfully. When we reached home, we chatted with Nazia for a bit, and then went off to bed. Tomorrow will be filled with shopping.

Days 9, 10, 11 or "Back to London" Nothing really of note has happened since I left Edinburgh (Day 9). I miss it and I will absolutely be back there someday, but for now I'm working in a pretty adorable town on the Thames River about 15 miles outside of London. Kingston upon Thames, for those of you who ...

... the company of a drunken man yelling about Special Brew while throwing a loaf of bread around, "I love bread!!" was one of the last things we heard from him as we left the train car. Stopped off at a open convenience store for last minute stocking up of candy before heading off to the hostel for sad packing up of belongings while trying to not wake up the other 12 people in the room. Somehow I got everything but my towel in the bag. Oh well my towel will enjoy it's new home.

... s a Christmas Pudding from HARRODS!!!") and then nobley tried to reunite it with it's owner by manically asking anyone who came within a 50 foot radius whether they'd lost one. As I got up to leave I casually joked it was probably a bomb, last thing I saw was manic Pudding man get security and security taking said pudding away. I hope to god they did a controlled explosion on it...

... for some time. I went right up the top, which is pretty close to 500 steps. Worth it though, what a view. Next was a trip to the London Museum. Very interesting. Traces the history of London from the Ice Age and then the roman rule, and then the plague, (and a few other things in between) till the 1600's when the great fire struck. And Mary Poppins? Practically perfect in every way.

... Priceline was located in Islington which is just north of London and required a line change onto the Northern line. Looking at the map on the wall of the train car I decided that instead of getting off at King's Cross which I figured would be awfully busy that time of the morning,I would get off at Euston to get onto the northern line and continue onto my stop at the Angel station. Oh boy was that a big mistake ...