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I'm almost caught up with my London Journal - so here's the latest installment:
Day 9 – July 19, 2008
It was strange being by myself again. I had a leisurely English breakfast and then read until Alisa (who didn’t stay that long at the pub) and Kym joined me. They were starving, so we went across the street to our favorite panini place for a bite to eat. Afterwards, we walked past the front of Buckingham, through Green Park to Wellington’s Arch. From there we strolled through Hyde Park (which is HUGE – you forget that you are in the middle of a city of 5 million), eventually making our way to the statue of Peter Pan. By then, the card on my camera was full, so I sat on a bench to delete unnecessary photos while Kym and Alisa took more photos of the statue. We had been walking a long time, and my little feet were sore and I had a new pain in my knee. I checked by pedometer - 49 steps!! No way! We got up and counted another 49 steps – the park bench was still in sight! Sometimes it works and, obviously, sometimes, it doesn’t. We walked to the memorial fountain for Princess Diana, and then took a different route out of the park towards the hotel. We discovered that you can go to the top of Wellington’s arch, but it was getting late and we didn’t want to spend the money. The girls left me at the hotel and went to get ready for tonight’s ball at the London Zoo. When I got to the room and checked my counter, it read 3935 steps – more like it. I figure at I walked at least 7870!
After a bit of a rest, I set out in search for a pub that had either treacle or sticky toffee. It took a while, but I found it. I had a very good dinner at the Shakespeare Pub: chicken Kiev, a glass of white wine and a treacle sponge for dessert. YUM!!
Tony got back from the Farnborough Air Show around 8:30 and was asleep before 9! Not only is he sunburned (in England!) but he’s also wind burned! I stayed up to finish my book and turned out the lights just after 11.
End of the day tally 8708 – think I walked off the dessert?
And here are a couple of photos from earlier adventures:
Don't know when Tony snapped this one of the girls:
 Alisa's graduation:
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