Tag: England

  • Tuesday 1 February 2000 Highlights: Westminster Abbey With our alarm clock off at the insistence of Jon after yesterday’s waking, we ended up sleeping though to 2 pm!  Not a great way to spend limited time in London. we quickly rushed to Westminster Abbey in order to make the last entrance time of 3 pm…

  • Monday 31 January 2000 Highlights:  War Cabinet, West End Show (‘Les Miserables’), Harrods, House of Commons. Jon was still suffering from acute jet-lag and wasn’t a happy camper when my alarm went off at 8.45 am. Today we started with a visit to the underground War Cabinet (1940-1945).  The whole complex was setup as it…

  • Saturday 29 January 2000 and Sunday 30 January 2000 Highlights: Leicester Square, Tower of London, The Globe Theatre Firstly jet-lag hit hard with both Jon and myself waking up at 3 am and unable to get back until about 7.30 am.  At least we could watch the Australian Tennis Open, the first time I had…

  • Friday 28 January 2000 Highlights: Westminster, St Paul’s Church Evensong performance Well we got into London a little early at 9.30 am.  The flight took over 10 hours.  I think next time we will check in separately as everyone else had a bonus spare seat.  After 80 days travelling together I think a spare seat…

  • Thursday 27 January 2000 Highlights: Leaving USA Straight to the airport for an uneventful flight from Los Angels to London (Heathrow) followed by a train trip to gets us to Notting Hill our location for the next few days in a small hotel.  It is good to say goodbye to the backpacker hostel for a…