London

We are staying At The Rookery Hotel in the Smithfield area of the City of London. The Smithfield market, a giant meat market, is just around the corner. The signs say that it is open from 2am to 10 am. We walked through this morning just before they closed.

We ate breakfast at a shop near our hotel. Here is Duke’s full English breakfast.

We walked a lot today. We were going to go up to the Sky Garden at the top of a new building that is called The Walkie-Talkie. Unfortunately it turns out you need to book in advance so we were turned away. The information guy outside told us that we could probably get in if we were there when they open at ten in the morning so we will give it a try tomorrow.

A few weeks ago I booked a class about online parish records at the Society of Genealogists. I really enjoyed attending the class this afternoon. Genealogy is a passion of mine.

For dinner tonight we ate at a nearby pub, The Fox and Anchor. We shared a chicken and leek pie and a pork chop with potatoes and a duck egg.

On the Road again – Europe 2020 – San Francisco to London

Duke and I are on the road again. We just arrived in London from San Francisco. We will be in London for three nights as we adjust to the jet lag and then we fly to the Canary Islands. If you would like to see our full itinerary you can see it here.

We arrived at London Gatwick on an overnight flight then took the train into London. We had to wait a few minutes for our room to be ready the receptionist offered us a cup of tea while we waited.

After a nap we went for a walk. We are staying near St Paul’s Cathedral.

Before we went back to the hotel we had dinner at a at nearby pub. Bangers and mash for me and fish and chips for Duke.