Another busy but very fun and memorable day! We started the day by taking a walk to a really cool area of London known as Marylebone - lots of cool shops, restaurants, and buildings. Cori actually stumbled upon this area while reading a travel magazine a few months ago, so we thought it looked so cool we decided to check it out for ourselves. One of our first stops was at La Fromagerie (http://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/). For those of you who don’t speak French, fromagerie is French for cheese shop. We were able to enter “the cheese room” and sample a few of the 150 kinds of cheese. We settled on an 18 month old Cheddar that was absolutely awesome! We added a freshly baked baguette and a slice of banana cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and headed to Regent’s Park for a nice and peaceful picnic lunch. While La Fromagerie prides itself on being one of the best cheese shops in all of England, we both agreed that the highlight of the meal was the banana cake. The vanilla butter cream frosting was probably one of the best things that we have ever eaten in our lifetime.
After leaving Regent’s Park, we made our way toward Abbey Road where the Beatles recorded many famous records as well as the site of the famous album cover picture of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road.
Next, we jumped on a double decker bus and headed for Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Hyde Park is known for a number of famous statues (King Albert, Peter Pan) and memorials (Princess Diana Memorial Fountain was one that we visited) while Kensington Gardens is the home of Kensington Palace (one of Princess Diana’s homes). After spending at least a couple hours in Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, we took a quick subway trip to visit the Michelin House which is the former UK headquarters for Michelin Tyre Company, and it was built in 1910. It has since been restored and is the home of Bibendum Oyster House & Deli/Marketplace. We then made our way to three of the most famous London landmarks – Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, & Parliament. We ended our night by enjoying the Thames River Festival and stopped by the Mulberry Bush Pub for the classic English meal of fish & chips.
All in all, we probably spent over 9 hours on our feet today, so we are actually looking forward to the train ride tomorrow to Edinburgh, Scotland. It is about a 4 hours train ride which will give our feet and legs a little time to recover before we start our sightseeing adventure in Edinburgh. I think we are planning to visit Edinburgh Castle as well as a scotch distillery and museum once we arrive tomorrow afternoon. Depending on the internet situation in Edinburgh, we will try and give another quick update in the next day or two so keep checking back. Cheers!!
After leaving Regent’s Park, we made our way toward Abbey Road where the Beatles recorded many famous records as well as the site of the famous album cover picture of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road.
Next, we jumped on a double decker bus and headed for Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Hyde Park is known for a number of famous statues (King Albert, Peter Pan) and memorials (Princess Diana Memorial Fountain was one that we visited) while Kensington Gardens is the home of Kensington Palace (one of Princess Diana’s homes). After spending at least a couple hours in Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, we took a quick subway trip to visit the Michelin House which is the former UK headquarters for Michelin Tyre Company, and it was built in 1910. It has since been restored and is the home of Bibendum Oyster House & Deli/Marketplace. We then made our way to three of the most famous London landmarks – Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, & Parliament. We ended our night by enjoying the Thames River Festival and stopped by the Mulberry Bush Pub for the classic English meal of fish & chips.
All in all, we probably spent over 9 hours on our feet today, so we are actually looking forward to the train ride tomorrow to Edinburgh, Scotland. It is about a 4 hours train ride which will give our feet and legs a little time to recover before we start our sightseeing adventure in Edinburgh. I think we are planning to visit Edinburgh Castle as well as a scotch distillery and museum once we arrive tomorrow afternoon. Depending on the internet situation in Edinburgh, we will try and give another quick update in the next day or two so keep checking back. Cheers!!
David's own personal heaven - a room completely filled with cheese!
Regent's Park
Cori trying to not get hit by the passing traffic at Abbey Road
The Michelin House
Westminster Abbey
Look kids, Big Ben...Parliament! (Chevy Chase from Natl. Lampoon's)
Look kids, Big Ben...Parliament! (Chevy Chase from Natl. Lampoon's)
Big Ben & Parliament along the Thames River
The Mulberry Bush Pub
1 comment:
Cori- you ate banana cake & liked it! Ha! I love it...London must be great! Thanks for keeping us updated...looks and sounds like you're having a wonderful time! Miss you both!
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