We got up and got out of Paris early. Reached London where we dropped our stuff off at Palmers Lodge and, because it was so close by, headed to Abbey Road studios.
Abbey Road Studio is famed mostly for this -
the Abbey Road album from the Beatles
you just have to do it....... and Dream did
Adding to the dedications at the studio perimeter walls
saw this car on our way back to the hostel
The next stop was Covent Garden Market and Leicester Square. Being in London reminded me of all the properties available on the classic Monopoly game.
@ Covent Garden Market. It's the elephant that's on sale.
China Town, where this restaurant owner made clever use of the Gerrard name
the main reason for being in Leicester Square.
Les Miserables - absolutely fabulous.
the McDonald's at Leicester Square at night
Les Miserables was a highlight of our trip. We had seats on the first row, next to the stage, which is a good place to be for live musicals. There was laughter ...... tears ......... and memories.
Leicester Square was still very vibrant when we came out after the musical owing to the clubs, pubs, restaurants, theaters and casinos which dominated the neighbourhood. We weren't really interested so we headed back to the hostel.
dawn from our room in Hampstead.
Palmers Lodge had switched us to a smaller hostel,
15 minutes walk away from the main hostel.
Hampstead happens to be one of the richer neighbourhoods in London,
and has managed to retain a small village atmosphere
Headed to Queen Mary's Garden, which has a reputation for being a very fine rose garden indeed. Except that Dream forgot that roses are seasonal. So we took photos of the 3 roses that were blooming in the garden.
it was still a fine garden, even without the roses in bloom
Well, that was it. From here, we headed back to the hostel to pack and then to Stansted Airport. It had been a brilliant trip without major mishaps, and for that, Dream has to take the credit for the planning that went into making this trip a possibility.
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