Saturday Walkabout
My last full day in London. On the Eye, Selfridges,
and Primrose Hill.
Jane woke me up early in the morning with a cup of tea
and surprise - we were booked on the London Eye at 10am. We had a nice breakfast
of fried eggs and sausage (how's that for British food?) and then I pulled my
socks on over the blister I had been working on for almost two weeks
now.
Sorry, I should have warned you first.
We stopped just before the London Eye to take a look at the Coadstone Lion.
The lion is made of coadstone, a building material invented by a clever British woman. But the real story of the Coadstone Lion is what happened to his... erm... manhood? Nobody knows. It has been suggested the Victorians chopped it off because it offended their sensibilities (these are the people who put little skirts on the bare legs of pianos).
Then it was up into the London Eye - the fourth highest structure in London evidently. Much higher than the Houses of Parliament.
London is a curiously "low" city - there just aren't a lot of really big skyscrapers (Canary Wharf notwithstanding). As a result, the views from the Eye are spectacular. You can see Nelson's Column at Trafalgar in the centre of this picture.
Jane captured the best shot of me from the whole trip.
After our trip on the Eye we walked across the Westminster Bridge to the Westminster underground station to head up to Upper Marlybone Road. We were hot on the trail of a gift for Nancy.
En route we stopped at Selfridge's. Selfridge's is a department store, but it bears no resemblance to a department store as we know it in Canada. They have an amazing variety of the coolest stuff. The basement has all sorts of weird boutiques, including one called "Eat My Handbag, Bitch."
Jerry was quite taken with the fireworks.
We marched though a bunch of other cool little design shops until we found Conrans. The help was appalling, the cashier was snotty, and the prices were a bit on the high side, but they did have some undeniably cool stuff. Including the perfect gift (I hope). It's called a Nexie Clock.
It was Nancy and my 15th anniversary together in May, and Nancy just passed her final medical school exams. I wanted something special for her. I settled on a desk clock for her new office. It represents time - all the time we've been together and all the time we will be together. The time I spend waiting to see her again. My two favourite times of day involve looking at clocks - when I curl up beside her to sleep, and when I wake up and she's the first thing I see. I hope she likes it. It was also bought in London - a trip she gave to me as a present and which I will never forget - and on the longest day of the year. I hope we have lots of time together.
Having finally achieved my goal, it was time to hike to the top of Primrose Hill, at the far end of Regent's Park, for probably the other best view of London.
Sorry, I should have warned you first.
We stopped just before the London Eye to take a look at the Coadstone Lion.
The lion is made of coadstone, a building material invented by a clever British woman. But the real story of the Coadstone Lion is what happened to his... erm... manhood? Nobody knows. It has been suggested the Victorians chopped it off because it offended their sensibilities (these are the people who put little skirts on the bare legs of pianos).
Then it was up into the London Eye - the fourth highest structure in London evidently. Much higher than the Houses of Parliament.
London is a curiously "low" city - there just aren't a lot of really big skyscrapers (Canary Wharf notwithstanding). As a result, the views from the Eye are spectacular. You can see Nelson's Column at Trafalgar in the centre of this picture.
Jane captured the best shot of me from the whole trip.
After our trip on the Eye we walked across the Westminster Bridge to the Westminster underground station to head up to Upper Marlybone Road. We were hot on the trail of a gift for Nancy.
En route we stopped at Selfridge's. Selfridge's is a department store, but it bears no resemblance to a department store as we know it in Canada. They have an amazing variety of the coolest stuff. The basement has all sorts of weird boutiques, including one called "Eat My Handbag, Bitch."
Jerry was quite taken with the fireworks.
We marched though a bunch of other cool little design shops until we found Conrans. The help was appalling, the cashier was snotty, and the prices were a bit on the high side, but they did have some undeniably cool stuff. Including the perfect gift (I hope). It's called a Nexie Clock.
It was Nancy and my 15th anniversary together in May, and Nancy just passed her final medical school exams. I wanted something special for her. I settled on a desk clock for her new office. It represents time - all the time we've been together and all the time we will be together. The time I spend waiting to see her again. My two favourite times of day involve looking at clocks - when I curl up beside her to sleep, and when I wake up and she's the first thing I see. I hope she likes it. It was also bought in London - a trip she gave to me as a present and which I will never forget - and on the longest day of the year. I hope we have lots of time together.
Having finally achieved my goal, it was time to hike to the top of Primrose Hill, at the far end of Regent's Park, for probably the other best view of London.
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