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Remembrance Sunday and farewell to London
... morning, which was fortunate because I heard a man next to me talking about the last few years and how they had all been miserable and rainy.) There were also soldiers marching past - which was surprisingly loud - looking splendid in their various uniforms. On balconies above Whitehall were dignitaries and members of the wider royal family, including Duchess Catherine, Countess Sophie, and Princess Anne. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince William were of course ...
London in 3 days!
... give you a history lesson, so you can just wikipedia it if you are interested! I will say that the Tower of London was where Anne Boleyn was beheaded (it also houses her grave), and contains the chapel where she and King Henry
were secretly married!! They also had the crown jewels there for all to see! It was a great visit and worth every penny (or pence!) We got the audio tower and spent the entire afternoon there until it closed. After the Tower, we went ...
Crazy transport!
So its really happening I'm in china. It’s been an eventful 5621 miles to travel. But I made it! I won’t bore you with all the details but basically I said farewell to the family at Manchester and headed off ended up being delayed due to Germans striking. Yay. This meant that my two hours for a nice connection at Frankfurt was no longer so nice especially since Frankfurt airport was HUGE. Luckily a was sat next to a nice German man on the ...
Weymouth - venue for sailing
... one could pay 1 pound for ferry service. The ferry was very low tech: a row boat that carried about seven persons at a time. The spectator venue was a park around which a barrier was erected and which cost $70 to enter. Security was low tech: this is the only venue which did not have x-ray screening of handbags or metal detector ...
In an English country garden
... to watch. We then headed back to 'Orchard Cottage' to chill out and relax. It was a great afternoon with all the girls having fun catching up and playing, and also the adults - catching up that is! We enjoyed dinner with them before being driven back to the station to catch our train back home. Arriving home just after 9pm.
Sunday tomorrow, and might just have to have a small sleep in! Four more sleeps in London before venturing home.
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