Ow ow ow. My feet hurt. I think I have three blisters. On each foot.
I started the day off up in Camden Town. My walking tour was to start at 11am, and I got there at 10am. At first I thought I was in Ghettoville, but after awhile the place grew on me. Again, I did the wander around the square bit for an hour. Picked up three books for £5, wandered through what I thought was Camden Market & drank a Machiatto. Then the tour started. If you are ever in London, I highly recommend taking a London Walking Tour. Our guide lead us through little back roads of Camden and was chock full of information about the section of town, personalities from the area (current & past) and gave it all in a very engaging story telling way. The tour ended at the real Camden Market. HUGE! And it just kept getting bigger the more you walked! I limited myself to buying a pretty amber ring ( I seem to be obsessed with green amber lately). I saw several pretty crocheted items too, but I'll describe them later & on my crochet board.
The afternoon was filled with walking around the Milliumum/London/BA Eye, reserving my "flight" for tomorrow, taking the tube to London Bridge & doing the Tower Bridge Experience. I thought I'd make the London Tower to see the jewels, but it was too late.
Hopped a bus, got off at St. Pauls, tried to go inside to light a candle & pray for the pope, but the church was closed. :( So I wandered around praying for a Tube stop. Now I'm here. :) I'm going to my hotel room to drop off these heavy shopping bags & put plasters/band-aids on my feet (ow ow). Then I'm off to find some entertainment for the evening. :) Hopefully a comedy club or another play (I know, I know - I'm not doing much forward planning here).
Posted by Jinglelady at April 2, 2005 07:29 PM | Traveling | TrackBackI find it very odd on a day such as today (even though it was before his passing) that the cathedral would be closed.
You and your family are in my prayers tonight, Anna. I'm not Catholic, but I do have many Catholic friends, and my deepest sympathies are with you. It's a blessing that he did not have to suffer long in his condition.
Much love and hugs
Posted by: Amanda at April 3, 2005 04:20 AMMy lady. Just wondering? Did you enjoy, buy tea. Find some nice breakfast places with scones and jams? :-D Your breakfast fan fiancé sends... :-* with love!
Posted by: bRaT at April 4, 2005 05:11 AMI would imagine St. Paul's being closed would be becuae it's a very non-Catholic church. Westminster Cathedral (www.westminstercathedral.org.uk) was holding the full-on service though. Not condoning it, but make of the Anglican/Catholic schism what you will....
Posted by: actualfactual at April 5, 2005 06:15 PMIf "BK" stands for Burger King, you already kept your promise. Contrary to popular belief, Burger King is a British company if I remember correctly.
Cheers,
JCS
JCS: Burger King *used* to be a British company - in that founded in Miami kind of way. But it was bought by Diageo - the drinks people, who sold it on themselves to Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in 2002.
I could think of a couple of places that are definetly British-owned, but they all have sawdust on the floor.....
Posted by: actualfactual at April 8, 2005 06:05 AMPerhaps Jinglelady has been asked to stay for Charles and Camilla's wedding?
Posted by: J at April 9, 2005 10:16 AMFor future reference - there's a tube stop just behind St. Paul's :)