Leaving London

Back to London for a few days, staying with Wendy again. (Thanks!) We spent Sunday doing a walking tour with Debbie and one of Wendy´s friends, through some of the market and more ethnic parts of London - nibbling on indian food, brousing in markets, taking a breather in various parks then having Japanese for dinner - yum. It makes you realise how there are so many little pockets of London, all with a different feel, waiting to be explored. I´ll admit to having a nagging urge to pull out a monopoly board and try visiting each of the areas!

Then Wendy was off to work for her first day, looking swish as you´d expect, and starting at a very civilised 9.45! I walked around the banking district, visiting museums and admiring the architecture (love the Gerkin building and the distinctinve Lloyds of London ¨metal and services on the outside´ building). And on my last half a day I set off to see the Thames river, and some of the tourist landmarks... Buckingham Palace, the eye, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben (and a giant Dali elephant!) and I even squeezed in a brief visit to the Natural History musem which was overrun with school kids on their holidays. Then off to Luton to catch my flights to Spain then South America, leaving Wendy to adjust to her new London corporate life.