 | Checking in to The Rookery |
|  | Our fabulous room! |
|  | With a skylight! |
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 | The bath looks awesome, but try having a shower... |
|  | View down to Smithfield Market |
|  | The end of the 358th Celebration of the Sons of the Clergy |
|  | In St. Paul's cathedral |
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|  | Looking up at the facade of St. Paul's |
| |  | Queen Anne |
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 | Chillin' at Bar One |
| | |  | Hot chocolate and Smarties! |
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 | The Old Bailey |
|  | The new Old Bailey |
|  | St. Bart's hospital |
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| | |  | Our hotel from the street |
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 | Such a neat location! |
|  | The lounge in the hotel |
|  | The atmospheric hallway |
|  | Mom on the stairs |
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 | In Smithfield market |
|  | Mmmmm... meat |
|  | The last photo before a butcher told us we needed a permit |
|  | Pig's feet, anyone? |
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| |  | Blackfriar's bridge |
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 | A baby TARDIS!!! |
| | |  | Cleopatra's needle |
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 | Down into the Churchill War Rooms! |
| |  | Churchill's chair |
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|  | In case you hadn't been aboveground, you could see what the weather was like. |
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|  | Although it wouldn't have withstood a direct hit, they did reinforce the ceiling of the bunker. |
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| |  | The pinholes are the remenants of the movement of ships and convoys. Just amazing to see. |
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|  | Someone put their sugar ration in an envelope and forgot about it - it was rediscovered when the bunker was reopened! |
|  | Churchill's bedroom |
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 | After missing our tour bus, we consoled ourselves with an expensive but elegant coffee in Harrods |
| | |  | Harrods' Tea Room |
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 | The Egyptian escalator |
| |  | A memorial to Diana and Dodi |
|  | Into the amazing food halls! |
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 | Every cake is so posh! |
|  | The most expensive leg of ham I have ever seen! 1,800 pounds! |
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| | |  | An escalator in a tube station |
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 | Into Picadilly Circus |
| |  | The Criterion Theatre, where we saw "The 39 Steps" |
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|  | The Criterion restaurant |
|  | Detail of the central fountain |
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 | Cousin Roger outside the London Library |
|  | Inside the library |
|  | A unique indexing system! |
|  | And an equally unique floor! |
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 | Care to read the Times? |
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 | Baby William Blake was baptised here |
|  | Waterstone's, where we had dinner |
|  | The St. Martin's theatre |
|  | Where we saw "The Mousetrap" |
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 | Yay! We made our second attempt at our Harrods' bus tour! |
|  | Our bubbly, knowledgeable and awesome tour guide Jess |
| |  | Westminster abbey |
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|  | Jess making sure we're all accounted for |
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| |  | Nelson's column |
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| | |  | St. Paul's again |
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 | Tower bridge |
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| |  | The gherkin! |
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 | Across the bridge |
|  | To the Tower of London |
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| |  | The entrance to the west section of Highgate cemetary. |
|  | We walked around the very quiet East cemetary |
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| |  | Douglas Adams' grave. Can you call it a 'nice' surprise when you're talking about graves? |
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| |  | Roger and Karl Marx's enormous head. ;-) |
|  | The grave of George Sands. |
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|  | So atmospheric! |
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| |  | An unusually graphic headstone. |
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| | |  | Walking across Hampstead Heath |
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| | |  | Arriving at Keats' house. What a lovely, tranquil place. |
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| | |  | The bust is set to Keats' actual height. Such a tiny man! |
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 | Especially next to Roger! |
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| | |  | Inside the Criterion theatre, where we saw "The 39 Steps" |
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