Jessica and I decided we needed a break from the heat and we were gladly accepting of the rainy, dreary reputation London has. So we dusted off our sweatshirts and long sleeve shirts and went to London.
We had a long day of traveling but finally made it to our hotel at 3:00 a.m. and fell asleep. The next day we had planned to make our way to New Milton, where my Uncle Jeff’s friend Colin lives with his wife Ann. So we got all of our stuff together rolled our suitcases to the train station and called Colin. He informed us that they were having problems with their bathroom, they had other visitors and that Tuesday would work better…which was fine. So Jessica and I called the hotel we had just left and asked if they had any availability for the next two nights. Luckily they did and we rolled out suitcases back on the tube and dropped them off.
As for our sightseeing that day we decided to start from the farthest point and work our way back. So we took the tube to the Tower Bridge. We walked from the Tower Bridge to the Westminster bridge (if you don’t know how far it is look as a map), but we had a lot of fun and go to see most of the city.
We found a small place to eat and made it back to our hotel to rest our tired feet and bodies. The next morning we had many things we still needed to see. We woke up and went to the Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guard. (Now, I will make reference to those sweatshirts and long sleeved shirts we dusted off to pack with us). We were lucky enough to visit London during some historic, record setting times. This new record that was set was a weather record…it had not been that hot since 1911. The temperature outside reached 100 and the temperature inside the tube and the buses reached 126. They even had a nice public service announcement in the tube saying, “If someone near you becomes ill, please wait for the next stop to seek medical attention.”
Evening came and it was still pretty hot, but Jessica and I were hungry so we went to Covent Gardens to eat some famous fish and chips. We had a wonderful dinner, and walked around a bit more, just taking in the city.
The night John was flying in due to the fact that he had missed his original flight home the week prior, so he made his way to our hotel and slept for a few hours. I woke up and accompanied him to Heathrow the next day…it was our three-year anniversary…but at least we were together. We said goodbye and I met up with Jessica to leave for Colin and Ann’s. We were ready to leave the sunny days in London town, and find out what New Milton had in store for us.
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