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Monday, September 20, 2010

LONDON DAY TWO


 We arrived at the "Eye" around 9:00 A.M., nice and early to avoid the crowds that swarm the Eye every day and as Susan had reserved our tickets the night before we got on the 6th Pod. It's quite a spectacular ride and well worth going on just to get such a good view of London.
 
A nice view of London looking towards the North Bank.
    
                                           A view of the Parliament Buildings from the Eye.
This is the Hungerford Foot Bridge across the Thames. This is the bridge that they had to close when it first opened because of the huge amount of people trying to get over it was in danger od collapsing.It comes out at St. Pauls Cathedral.


This picture shows the Crypt of St. Martins in the Fields, which was quite an iomportant Church in Trafalgar Square. The Crypt now holds a restaurant which usually has quite good food but on this day we all ordered a really nice looking Vegetable Salad which was not as good as it looked.
The Interior of St. Martins in the Fields




The Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square. This is the great Horatio who saved England when Napoleon was planning to invade England.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

ENGLAND VACATION

What excitement!. Susan, Colette and I are heading for jolly old England. We are slated to leave at 11:35 A.M. on a 777 Boeing. It's a beautiful plane and Susan informed me that I was going to fly in the First Class section!!

This is our Pilot & Co-pilot. They said I could come into the Cockpit and take a couple of pictures, which was pretty awesome considering how tight things are as far as flying is concerned these days

This Photo shows the seat I had, it enables you to be totally by yourself and you can adjust the seat to any position you want and after the stewardesses feed you for a couple of hours you can adjust your seat so you can lie down and they even give you a blanket and a pillow and you can sleep until they start waking you up for breakfast, it really is unbelievable!!




This picture shows the two cuties I went to London with standing in front of our nice Flat in Chelsea. It was within 5 mins. of Sloane Square Underground Station, in a very nice section of London. Their names are Susan and Colette, actually they are my Daughter and Grand-daughter.


A proud Grandpa on the steps of  Draycott Place Hotel



A beautiful old English street in London. Draycott Place, the buildings were built around 1900, very historical looking and exciting to browse through..
Colette going for a stroll through London streets.

Poor little Fredrick...Colette has obviously forgotten her little friend again.

Stay tuned for more pictures of England vacation

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