Early start today. Had a good night sleep and off with the commuters to "The City". We got off at the Tube stop for Lincoln Inn Fields and had a peek around (seen below- a bit foggy day to start).
We had breakfast in a pub called The Knights Templar. Housed in a Georgian bank building it was a lovely way to start the day. Eggs Benedict and fresh fruit...yum. Then whizzed past St. Paul's Cathedral seen below as we had each seen that on previous trips. Sun came out at this point!
Then off to The London Museum. No, not the British Museum...this one is located just within the Roman Wall (actually we touched a piece of the Roman Wall on the way out as seen below).
The museum charts the history of London from Neolithic times to modern times. Gillian was gaga over the Neolithic and Roman areas (she was touching all of the flint!) and I had a great time with the Regency and Victorian areas. Actually we both enjoyed the whole museum and I came away with some suffragette swag from the gift shop.
Next we walked to the Spitalfields Market which is an indoor market with various vendors of eclectic vintage goods varying from animal skulls, Victorian taxidermy, brooches galore, old spectacles (I almost bought a Victorian pair of lorgnettes but I restrained myself) and even an old licence plate which Gillian almost bought.
We did get some gifts for our respective sons however. These are a secret until we get home but are pretty darned cool!
When teatime arrived we decided to take a look at the bit of the old Roman wall near Tower Hill. Tea with lemon tart and walnut coffee cake was consumed looking at the view seen here at the top of the page.
Below you can see the late 18th century bronze statue of Roman Emperor Trajan in front of the Roman Wall.
We then decided to venture to Oxford Street for some more retail therapy. By the time we each found something we liked in Marks and Spencers (do the Brits call it Marks and Sparks or is that just us Canadians?) we were hungry and exhausted. We wandered into Selfridges and had some lovely Mediterranean food from the food court. We have to look up a recipe for a dish called a shanklish salad which had tomatoes and parsely and onion in a yoghurt dressing spiced to perfection. Must google that later.
A quick tube ride back to our hotel and we are now enjoying herbal tea and Scottish shortbread. Mmmmmmm.
Our step count for today was...drumroll please...23,515 steps. Yesterday was 14,201 steps. We are in training for our days in Wiltshire and Dorset. Feet are up now. :)
Hopefully will be able to post more photos from today later. Technical difficulties today.
Cheers!
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