London Calling

The last stop. At the end of my longest ever trip abroad, it all came down to the city on the Thames.

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London was more about visiting with friends and walking around various neighborhoods, such as Portobello Road than it was doing the tourist attractions.

Portobello Road
Portobello Road

That’s not to say Portobello Road is not touristy and I completely avoided the tourist attractions. But being “museum’d out,” I chose two of the many free museums so that I wouldn’t feel guilty about making short visits: National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum.

National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery

Yes, this was walking through the many parks in London…

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…checking out the various coffee houses (and of course, my favorite – Pret A Manger) and seeing a couple of shows: Billy Elliot and the granddaddy of them all, The Mousetrap.

Victoria Palace Theatre
Victoria Palace Theatre
The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap

And some other sites:

Covent Gardens
Covent Gardens
Covent Gardens
Covent Gardens
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Hahn/Cock - Trafalgar Square
Hahn/Cock – Trafalgar Square
Buckingham Palace Gate
Buckingham Palace Gate
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
New Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard
Harrods
Harrods

And on day 90, it was time to return to the USA.

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