Days 6 - 9. It's All Happening!

Day 6 was something different. We had lunch with an old friend in Hamstead. A lovely little village/suburb on the outskirts of London, the town features John Keats’ house (in which one can see the bed in which he first coughed up tubercular blood). Nearby is the enormous Hamstead Heath. Beautiful and wild. It rained on this day, but it was a light misty rain which made the Heath even more beautiful.

Keats' House

Day 7 – We went to Baker Street, saw the Sherlock Holmes Museum and The Beatles Store, London Zoo, Lord’s Cricket Ground and Camden Markets. Sam, however, detoured to Madame Tussauds, where she suffered massive crowds and long queues. I think I got the better deal!

The Home of The Game

Sherlock Holmes Museum

The canal near London Zoo. Isn't this pretty?

Day 8 – Sam And I went to see the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace, Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

The Guards' Band.

Sam and I stood in a crush of spectators for an hour, but we had a prime position.

See how close we are to the spectacle?

Photo taken with camera pushed through the railings at the front of the palace.

Yours truly before the Bridge.

We crossed over the Bridge, which is much bigger than one imagines.

Day 9 – Sam left London, flying out of Heathrow. Then I visited Trafalger Square, Nelson’s Column and the National Gallery. This gallery is stuffed full of masterpieces by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Turner, Van Gogh, Raphael, Titian, etc. Stunning. And overwhelming.

The National Gallery

One of four lions at the base of Nelson's Column.

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