Our Anniversary Trip - London Part 2

We spent the morning in Westminster Abbey. Unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos once inside. Even though we were there early it was quite full. We had an audio tour to listen to as we made our way through the Abbey.

 The dates on the stones were mind blowing. Though we should not be surprised.

Afterwards we headed off to the Tower Bridge so we could walk the bridge and cross it off our list of famous bridges we have walked. They had a list of bridges worth visiting and discover we walk the Henderson Wave in Singapore without realizing it importance.

 At the top of the beidgb they have the glass floor, which doesn't bother me to walk over but my husband doesn't like these floors and will not walk on them.

A couple of shots of the boilers that were used to lift the bridge.

I took this shot the day before we we were at the Tower of London of the bridge opening. It was a lucky shot catching it opening.

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Cynthia.

Our Anniversary Trip - London Part 1

We have reached London via the Eurostar. The view from our room. Our hotel faces Kensington Gardens unfortunately our room didn't have that view.

 The first afternoon we walked up to Notting Hill where they filmed the movie and they have the Portabello Markets. We found a clothing shop that had a number of displays of vintage sewing machines.

 The next day we wandered over to the Victoria and Albert museum where we spent 2/3 of the day exploring the museum. Even the floors were interesting.

After we finished we popped in the Natural History Museum which is across the road. It was a totally different atmosphere with lots of younger people in there. We did enjoy the building.

Plus we did go through the earthquake display and we went through their earthquake simulator of the  Kyobe earthquake. These museum where just on the other side of Kensington Gardens. It was still quite a walk, we did over 10 km.
Plus we are having some great weather which helps.
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Cynthia

Our Anniversary Trip -Paris Part 4

Today we went back to the Eiffel Tower. We had visited on Tuesday but didn't get in the long queue to get in. As it was on of the few attractions open the queues where around the block long and my husband patience was short by then.
We got on the Metro train and arrived early so our wait wasn't too long even though there was two lots of security checks we had to go through.

 The view was fantastic from the top.

 It was very interesting how the city is layed out. Nothing like Adelaide with it's square layout. Paris looks more like wedges.

Effiel's bust at one of the bases of the tower.

It was just a shame the grounds around the tower were being upgraded, lots of ugly fencing, bare garden beds and roadworks. It just wasn't as fantastic approaching the tower as it was when we were at the top.

On the way out back to the Metro station we came across Princess Diana's memorial.

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Cynthia

Our Anniversary Trip- Paris Part 3

Can you believe it? Me finding a Chocolate museum down the road from where we are staying.

 It went through the history of chocolate and how it became what it is today. Very interesting stuff and along the way there was taste tests for us to try how the chocolate tasted throughout history too.

You don't get chocolate boxes like this anymore.

 We watched a video on how this flower was made.

 Chocolate Art Sculptures

 How fantastic are these.

Now these shoes I would have loved to bring a couple of pairs home for a couple of my cousins who love shoes. Sorry girls they wouldn't let me.

Finally we sat in a session with a professional chocolate maker. Ian (LSH) wasn't that impressed but I set him straight, it's good to know that I am doing it right when I make chocolates. Something I should do for some fun when I get home. To finish the tour we got a hot chocolate to finish,  there was six flavours to choose from.

I can tell you they were delicious. I only wished we could have had two to try. Never mine.
I did do a little sewing in the evening and finished one block of a new project.

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Cynthia

Our Anniversary Trip - Paris Part 2

After visiting the Louvre on day one and finding it close we went back today early and ended up spending the day there. I hope we saw everything. The galleries seen to go on and on and when we thought we reached the end we would turn the corner and find another gallery.

 A view from our spot in the line. We were there early so it wasn't too long. We were surprised it was reasonable to get in.

Some tile samples from the Islamic Art exhibit which I found very interesting.

 A larger tile display. Once again it took a couple of shots to get no one in my picture. It was easier than the Mona Lisa shot as it was earlier in the day.

 One of the many painting galleries.

 My favourite painting.

The ceiling in one of the galleries.

 The Court yard from inside the Louvre.

 A staircase and a new gallery to view.

 Seeing the Mona Lisa was a highlight but to take the shot with out a head took a bit of elbow work. There are some people out there that need a slap as they take forever taking a selfie.

 One of the long gallery halls. There was a number of them.

Look at the wear on these stairs. How many people how walked these stairs? I tell you it was hard to find our way out when we were finished.
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Cynthia
PS I have been doing a little stitching in the evenings.