A little more London

On Saturday we slept in a bit to help us get readjusted to the lack of sleep from the trip to Paris.  Our first stop was Notting Hill or Portobello Market, more specifically.  Mom bought a vintage pocket watch on a long necklace chain which she now has set for London time in my honor.  We had crepes from a stand for a quick lunch.

Then we were on the tube to Abbey Road Recording Studios to take the super touristy picture walking across the zebra stripe section of the road.  It was a little bit of a walk from the tube station and I was surprised to see so many people there.  It was quite organized though.  Everyone was on one side of the road and would take turns going across.  One group of guys portrayed the album cover so well, down to the cigarette and bare feet.  We tried to take the picture twice.  Once with me, Mom and Connor then me, Jake, and Connor.  It would've been to difficult to have an onlooker take the picture for us.  We actually had to go really quickly since the cars were getting pretty mad about having to stop. 

Next Mom, Connor and I headed to St. Paul's Church area to take a tour, go into Tate Modern, walk across the Millennium Bridge and see Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.  We decided to see St. Paul's the following day during a church service instead.  The Millennium Bridge was seen in the first few minutes of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince when the death eaters are spotted by muggles in London.  The film shows the bridge swinging then breaking.

We went into Tate Modern to see a few pieces and warm up a bit.  Tate Modern is quite large so we went to a few highlight pieces to get a glimpse.  It was pretty cold and windy all weekend which was odd.  I'm pretty sure Mom and Connor brought this cold upstate New York weather to us. 

We walked along the Thames River and up to Shakespeare's Globe Theater.  Jake has been able to see quite a few shows there with the Shakespeare class I had to drop out of due to time conflicts.  We are going to try and see a show before we leave though.

We stopped for a bite to eat in a pub we passed by before crossing the Millennium Bridge.  I had broccoli and cheese soup.  Mom had leek and potato soup.  Connor on the other hand wasn't super hungry so he just had a whole fish and chips platter. 

Next we were off for a bit of shopping at Harrods.  The store was crazy that day which may have had something to do with the road closures down Oxford St. for shopping.  All of the major shopping areas were busy that night.  Christmas is coming!

For dinner we ate at a nice pub/restaurant next to the hotel.  We all had burgers with fries then split sticky toffee pudding and a trio of berry desserts.  After we were off to bed in order to get up for another early morning.