Our 10-hour flight arrived at 2 PM local time (6 AM Pacific). Whereas SFO was eerily empty, Heathrow Airport seemed full of employees doing a whole lot of nothing. After going through Passport Control and collecting our bags, we were off for the Underground. Lucky for us, it stops just a 2 minute walk from our hotel in Earl's Court.
After settling in and taking a bit of a rest, we started exploring the area around our hotel to find someplace for dinner. We ended up at The Blackbird--the guy outside said it had the best pub food in the area. We shared a meat plate with chicken satay, bangers, and beef with a trio of sweet-and-spicy sauces. It was okay. We were amused by the sign that read "We now serve our draught lagers extra cold!" It was still the warmest beer I've ever been served but, to their credit, it was cool.
After dinner, we didn't have much daylight left so we took the Underground to Hyde Park. There were lots of impressive monuments there commemorating those who fought in The Great War (WWI) among other things.
It was really nice just strolling through the park. It *really* made me want to play hide and seek, though. Where's Jason?
We ended up making our way to a cafe on the Serpentine Lake and watched the sunset.
Okay, you know I can't finish on such a sweet note so here's the obligatory funny-in-a-very-immature-way sign we found in the park.
After settling in and taking a bit of a rest, we started exploring the area around our hotel to find someplace for dinner. We ended up at The Blackbird--the guy outside said it had the best pub food in the area. We shared a meat plate with chicken satay, bangers, and beef with a trio of sweet-and-spicy sauces. It was okay. We were amused by the sign that read "We now serve our draught lagers extra cold!" It was still the warmest beer I've ever been served but, to their credit, it was cool.
After dinner, we didn't have much daylight left so we took the Underground to Hyde Park. There were lots of impressive monuments there commemorating those who fought in The Great War (WWI) among other things.
It was really nice just strolling through the park. It *really* made me want to play hide and seek, though. Where's Jason?
We ended up making our way to a cafe on the Serpentine Lake and watched the sunset.
Okay, you know I can't finish on such a sweet note so here's the obligatory funny-in-a-very-immature-way sign we found in the park.
4 comments:
I'm always on the lookout for those.
Glad to hear you're safe and having fun.
Nice evening shot of Serpentine Lake!
Nice pictures the one with jason
emulating the statue is funny, not
nearly as intimidating as the picture
in the halo suit.
Yeah, Anthony told me he got a good laugh out of it as well. It's always fun to see someone you know embarassing themselves, isn't it?
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