Walking the City

Monument to Great Fire
of London
Our final two days have been a chance to revisit some unfinished museum expeditions: Imperial War Museum, and British Museum -and to do some more walking of the city.  The underground is so efficient that it is easier than walking and I have found it more difficult to get my above ground bearings of the city than for others - Rome, Paris and Athens.

According to John it does not rain properly in London but only drizzles and the last two days have had some of that. 

On London Bridge towards
Houses of Parliament
On our walks we went to the Great Fire of London monument designed by Sir Christopher Wren (1677) which is adjacent to Pudding Lane where the fire supposedly started.  The next day we did a circuit from Westminster Underground through Parliamentary Square, up Whitehall past all the government buildings included a shut off Downing Street and eventually to Trafalgar and return.  The streets around Whitehall were gridlocked with hundreds of black cabs lined up bumper to bumper as the taxi drivers were protesting.  The regular anti-Brexit protesters were also present outside Westminster waving many blue starred European Union flags.

At Churchill Statue Parliamentary Square
Our last meal here was spent with John at a South Kensington restaurant  'Muriel's Kitchen'.  John had his favourite dish: lasagna, and after a special
meal together we parted company at the South Kensington Station. 

It has been wonderful to be in London to appreciate the city and its history but more importantly to have spend precious days with John in his home town for the next 3 years.

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