Londres C'est Fantastiques!

The rest of our time in London was just as amazing as my first two days, but it was better because I was able to share the experience with Travers.

We woke up Saturday morning, had a nice leisurely breakfast with Uncle Bill and Vincent, then Travers and I headed out on our own to go exploring for the day.  We took the tube to Islington, which Travers had heard was a nice area and wanted to check it out. It was a cute area with some beautiful homes and parks, and a busy main drag where we found a pub and got a couple beers while we watched a cricket match on the tele.
We also saw the soccer stadium that the Arsenal Team plays at and there happened to be a game on that afternoon. Much to Travers' dismay though, the game wasn't on for several hours, and I was not going to let us sit in Islington all day long when there was plenty of London to see.

We were getting hungry so we hopped back on the tube and went to Borough, where every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the Borough Market opens up with tons of food and drink stands that puts the San Francisco Ferry Building to shame.  We walked through the market, got a mini glass of prosecco each to tide us over, and tried to find the best food to have for lunch.  

If I could have, I would have gotten something from every single place in this market. It looked that good.  Instead, we settled on a delicious duck sub, and a tasty bison sausage, which we shared so we could each try them.  We had a mini cone of mozzarella cheese, and saw some gigantic meringues, but resisted the urge to buy one.  We took our food and sat in a stone courtyard of a church, watched all the people doing the same thing, and chatted with a couple of australian girls who had moved to London within the last year.

After finishing lunch, we strolled down the south bank, checking out the restaurants and people. We passed by the Globe Theater, and the Tate Modern. We walked across the Waterloo Bridge and back on the tube to Chiswick where we enjoyed a delicious dinner at a restaurant called High Road House, where I got tasty fish and chips and Travers got a delicious steak. Yumm!

The next day, the four of us got in the car and Vincent gave us a tour of the city.  We saw The Ghurkin Building., the Monument for The Great Fire of London, The Tower Bridge, The London Bridge, and so much more. We even got to drive over the Tower Bridge which was fun to see it from that angle.

We also went to an event called The Vintage Village. This event was all about anything vintage. People were dressed up in anything they considered vintage, which was both fun and a bit scary at times. And Vincent's sister-in-law had a double decker bus parked there that she had painted pink and filled with anything vintage. Every surface on the inside of this bus was covered in vintage records, vintage toys, vintage clothes. It was amazing to see!

We then headed back to Chiswick to get ready for the evening. We had tickets to go to the BBC Proms, which is a Classical Music Festival held at the Royal Albert Hall.  Our show was 5 pieces by Rachmaninov, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.  I'm not a classical music expert, but this was wonderful to listen to and both Travers and I really enjoyed the show. 

It was a fantastic way to end the day and our trip in London.                                                                                             Until next time.....