Saturday, August 19, 2023

A Free Day in London


[Saturday, August 19, 2023] 

Today will be our last full day in London before we make the long trek home. We decided not to start too early, even though we've been waking up naturally at about 7:30 AM. What is with that? It could be the old bones on this unfamiliar IKEA bed (that we thought was going to be a king, but turned out to be smaller). It's funny how when a person travels, no matter how long you are gone, it's those last few days that you start thinking of home. Your comfy bed. Your own pillow. Your ample shower. And those feelings are now at the surface for both of us. Not to mention that our grandchildren are now over a month old and are probably applying for college already. ;-)

Today we decided to head over to the Victoria & Albert Museum, which is free of charge to visit and houses over 1.2 Million artifacts. We wandered through the sculptures, jewelry, Japan, and China areas before our still tired feet told us that we had done enough walking for the day. One definitely needs a good pair of shoes for this kind of thing.


Next , we hopped on the Hop-on-Hop-off bus and made our way to a TKM store, which is the same chain as our TJ Max stores. Laureen wanted a new carry-on as her tired roots backpack (which started it's journeys with us in 2004), was beginning to tear at the seams. The places that thing has seen! So, she found a carry-on size hard shell case with wheels and a handle.

We also went to a Whole Foods to grab a salad, some drinks and some things for breakfast the next day before jumping back on the London Transit bus to take us back to our flat. We have a blog (the three day one) and some packing to do for our trip home tomorrow. 

Our last dinner out was at a place not far from our flat. We enjoyed sitting outside and watching the people walk by. There was some dude on roller skates jumping up on the concrete bench that was in the middle of the square. He was occasionally interrupted by people who would sit down on the bench. Some people are just...well you know.



A walk back to the flat for one more sleep before the journey home.

G'night all.

Curt & Laureen

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