After a tough month The Bloke surprised me with train tickets to London. It’s one of our favourite places and we try and go there are few times a year. The timing was perfect – it is the Easter holidays, the weather has been glorious and we both needed a break, so by 8.00am we were stood in London Euston, trying to work out where we wanted to go. We decided to get the Tube down to the Thames – it was a bright, sunny day and we thought that a walk along the river would be a good place to start.
It was a beautiful day!
It was a little colder than I expected, but luckily there was a Starbucks nearby where I could get us a hot chocolate. We saw St. Paul’s Cathedral in the distance and so we walked to it, stopping to take in the sights and sounds along the way. It was a good decision to go in the morning as it was already beginning to get quite crowded.
Our train home was at 4.00pm, so we tried to do as much as possible. We went to the National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Piccadily Circus and I bought macarons from Covent Garden. We were tourists for the day.
I was so tired by the end of it that I slept for half of the train journey home and then again when we got back to the house…
Here are some of the pictures. They were all taken with my iPhone. as always, I’d love to know what you think!
The completed Shard and Tower Bridge in the background
St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Blitz monument
The dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral
Me and my favourite M&M
The top of one of the escaltors in the Tube
You can also find me on Twitter and tumblr @suzie81blog. Hope you are enjoying your Easter!
Beautiful pictures! I can’t wait to get to see all that same stuff. Two weeks from now I’ll be waking up there.
I bet you’re so excited! Where are you staying?
The Park Lane Mews.
Well the first two days and then I moving up to the Hilton
ooh very posh! I’ve stayed at the Edgeware Road Hilton before – it’s very nice!
Yeah the nicer Hilton hotel will be paid for by my company.
And why not!! How much free time do you think you’ll have?
I’ll have the weekend and a couple other nights to enjoy London. I have a day off in the middle of the week and I’m going to Paris.
That’s an amazing city too… You’ll have a blast!
I’m really looking forward to it. I’ll probably post a bunch of pictures that look like the ones you’ve already put on your blog.
Looking forward to seeing them!
Your pictures, as always, are excellent Suzie, particularly the first one with its awesome sky. You look well too. I hope that means you’re feeling so much better after everything. Great guy you have there that provides such lovely surprises. Enjoy the rest of your break and have a lovely Easter day.x
Thanks my lovely! I’m getting there – just get tired easily! Hope you’re ok!
What a great selection of images 😊 I spent it at the beach
http://www.rainbow-photography.net/gallery
well at a selection of beaches & ruins 😊
Hi Pete! Thanks – I’ll check them out!
Great pictures!!!
Thanks Jolene! I’ve been loving your pics on Facebook!
Fantastic iPhone pictures, Suzie. Thank you for sharing your day trip with us.
Thanks very much!
I’d love to be able to see London.
It’s definitely worth it TD! If I ever get a large a,punt of money together I’ll invite you over!
Woohoo!!! If I ever win the lottery…
mmm chocolate! I would love to see the Thames. And all of London. And Abbey Road Studios. And….
Haha! It’s a wonderful place John!
Great pictures I especially like the one’s of st pauls 🙂 I love London and have had some fantastic day trios and short breaks in the past few years. I love Camden and covent Garden. I also went to the m&m store last year but was surprised by the lack of peanut butter flavour 😦 lookd like you had a fantastic day 🙂
I really wanted to go into the M&M store as I missed the one in New York but by the time we got there it was full of screaming kids! I’m going to try and go back on a Monday when the kids are back at school… It was an awesome day!
Love the sky in your photos – so dramatic!
Out here in California, the sky is always gorgeous just before it rains. I want to grab my easel and go paint it but the best place to see the sky is in the middle of the freeway – so that wouldn’t work!
Enjoy the rest of your holiday.
Thanks so much Sharon! Hope you have a nice time too!
Beautiful pictures Suzie!
Thanks Lisa!
Lovely pics! Looks like you two had a wonderful time! Playing tourist is so relaxing. I’m glad you got to have a bit of fun in all the madness!
London is my favorite city. I’m sure I could travel the world, and London would still be in the #1 spot on my list.
Great photos. You saw a lot in a short space of time. not surprised you fell asleep on the way home!
Those pictures of St-Paul’s Cathedral are really sweet!
Looks and sounds like you had a wonderful day. Always good to get away now and then.