London Weekend
The Weekend just gone we were in London. We had the Friday off work and left on the bus from the city of Manchester at 8am. The bus is a four and a half hour ride if its running on time. Today is was half an hour late. We arrived and caught the tube to our Hostel. We were booked for a twin/double room but we ended up in a huge room that had 5 beds so we had lots of space to keep all our stuff without it getting in the way. The place was actually pretty good.
We walked about 1km down the road to the Chelsea Football Stadium where there is an ajoining hotel that my parents were arriving and staying at. Their plane arrived about 3pm and got to the hotel about 5pm. We booked into there room. Not surpisingly.. there room was a little nicer than ours. We walked in the room and the TV was on saying 'Welcome Mr and Mrs J Harper'. Pretty cool.
We went for a little walk around there corner where there was an old cemetry. Doesn't sound that intesting but there were lots and lots of squirrels so that was kinda amusing. We ended up walking to our hostel and showing my parents where we were staying. We walked back to their hotel and had tea in the restaurant there. We ended up having a fairly early night.
The next day we had breakfast at the hotel. It was bacon, eggs, sausage, and baked beans as well as toast. It was surprisingly good. I guess when you go in expecting the worst you can only get what you were expecting or be pleasantly surprised. We met my parents at 9am outside there hotel. We caught the tube Buckingham palace and watched the beginning of the trooping of the color. The queen left off down the road to do whatever it is she does. We heard she would be there for an hour or so, so we walked down the road past Westminster Abbey and to London Eye. We thought we would do London Eye that afternoon so i lined up for tickets while My parents and Renee walked back to the Trooping of the Color. I got the tickets and then as i was walking back caught up with them. At the time i thought they must have been walking slowly but later that afternoon found out they had stopped and got ice creams!!!!! Sneaky...
We got back and saw the Queen come back to Buckingham palace and all the royal family out on the belcany. Then there were several planes that flew over at various stages with the last planes going over having red, white and blue smoke. It looked pretty cool. We sat down in St James Park and had sandwiches for lunch. From here we walked to Trafalgar Square and had a look around there. We caught the tube from here to Tower Bridge and then walked across is and down the road to the nearest tube station. We caught the tube to London Eye where we were going to go on it but the line was absolutely huge. We wouldn't have time to see it, have tea, and get to our show. We managed to sell our tickets to people who couldn't be bothered lining up so that worked out well. Gotta love lazy arogant Americans.
We caught the tube again to Picadilly Circus and found the theatre where our show was going to be. We had tea at a little place across the road. It wasn't very expensive really considering its location. It was a little Italian restaurant and had some of the nicest food we have eaten in a while. Once that was done we walked down to Leicester Square and had a quick look around there before returning to the theatre to see our show.
The Show was Hayfever and had Judi Dench in it. It was interesting to see but i think my parents enjoyed it a lot more than what Renee and I did. Still good to see, but probably not something we would have chosen if they weren't here. But all in all, it was good to see it with them.
After the show we went back to my parents hotel. They were both very tired considering the walking that was done, and they only got off a 24 hour flight the day before. The next morning they were leaving on their tour of Britain so we said goodbye.
We went back to our hostel and left on the bus the next morning. It was hot weather and the bus driver didn't really know how to use the air conditioning so we had a very uncomfortable bus ride home. Midway through the journey we swapped drivers and he knew how to turn on the air conditioning so the last part of our journey was a little more pleasant. We arrived safely back in Manchester to continue another fun and exciting week of work. It will actually be the first full week of work in a month. We had this Friday off for London, previous Friday for Dublin, and the week prior there was a public holiday.
Next Weekend we are going to Liverpool for a look. The following weekend we are in Barnsley as Graeme will be playing cricket and my parents should be there too. The weekend after that we are up in Edinburgh to see Nicole. The weekend after that we are back in London and seeing Guys and Dolls with Patrick Swayze with my parents. Should be a busy month ahead....
Pictures from Trooping of the Color and the Haymarket Theatre where Hayfever was.
We walked about 1km down the road to the Chelsea Football Stadium where there is an ajoining hotel that my parents were arriving and staying at. Their plane arrived about 3pm and got to the hotel about 5pm. We booked into there room. Not surpisingly.. there room was a little nicer than ours. We walked in the room and the TV was on saying 'Welcome Mr and Mrs J Harper'. Pretty cool.
We went for a little walk around there corner where there was an old cemetry. Doesn't sound that intesting but there were lots and lots of squirrels so that was kinda amusing. We ended up walking to our hostel and showing my parents where we were staying. We walked back to their hotel and had tea in the restaurant there. We ended up having a fairly early night.
The next day we had breakfast at the hotel. It was bacon, eggs, sausage, and baked beans as well as toast. It was surprisingly good. I guess when you go in expecting the worst you can only get what you were expecting or be pleasantly surprised. We met my parents at 9am outside there hotel. We caught the tube Buckingham palace and watched the beginning of the trooping of the color. The queen left off down the road to do whatever it is she does. We heard she would be there for an hour or so, so we walked down the road past Westminster Abbey and to London Eye. We thought we would do London Eye that afternoon so i lined up for tickets while My parents and Renee walked back to the Trooping of the Color. I got the tickets and then as i was walking back caught up with them. At the time i thought they must have been walking slowly but later that afternoon found out they had stopped and got ice creams!!!!! Sneaky...
We got back and saw the Queen come back to Buckingham palace and all the royal family out on the belcany. Then there were several planes that flew over at various stages with the last planes going over having red, white and blue smoke. It looked pretty cool. We sat down in St James Park and had sandwiches for lunch. From here we walked to Trafalgar Square and had a look around there. We caught the tube from here to Tower Bridge and then walked across is and down the road to the nearest tube station. We caught the tube to London Eye where we were going to go on it but the line was absolutely huge. We wouldn't have time to see it, have tea, and get to our show. We managed to sell our tickets to people who couldn't be bothered lining up so that worked out well. Gotta love lazy arogant Americans.
We caught the tube again to Picadilly Circus and found the theatre where our show was going to be. We had tea at a little place across the road. It wasn't very expensive really considering its location. It was a little Italian restaurant and had some of the nicest food we have eaten in a while. Once that was done we walked down to Leicester Square and had a quick look around there before returning to the theatre to see our show.
The Show was Hayfever and had Judi Dench in it. It was interesting to see but i think my parents enjoyed it a lot more than what Renee and I did. Still good to see, but probably not something we would have chosen if they weren't here. But all in all, it was good to see it with them.
After the show we went back to my parents hotel. They were both very tired considering the walking that was done, and they only got off a 24 hour flight the day before. The next morning they were leaving on their tour of Britain so we said goodbye.
We went back to our hostel and left on the bus the next morning. It was hot weather and the bus driver didn't really know how to use the air conditioning so we had a very uncomfortable bus ride home. Midway through the journey we swapped drivers and he knew how to turn on the air conditioning so the last part of our journey was a little more pleasant. We arrived safely back in Manchester to continue another fun and exciting week of work. It will actually be the first full week of work in a month. We had this Friday off for London, previous Friday for Dublin, and the week prior there was a public holiday.
Next Weekend we are going to Liverpool for a look. The following weekend we are in Barnsley as Graeme will be playing cricket and my parents should be there too. The weekend after that we are up in Edinburgh to see Nicole. The weekend after that we are back in London and seeing Guys and Dolls with Patrick Swayze with my parents. Should be a busy month ahead....
Pictures from Trooping of the Color and the Haymarket Theatre where Hayfever was.
