Sunday, July 15, 2007
Gotta love public transportation!
Gotta love being able to hit pubs then sober up on the long train ride home, huh babe?
We actually used the Colchester station more than Sudbury bec Sudbury was out for most of the trip due to maintenance work (you could take a bus instead, but the bus ride was incredibly long). We liked Colchester, though, bec you could get an express train with only 2 stops. When everything is working well, the regular train ride isn't that bad...but the night that Ben was snoring on the train and the English didn't realize he was my husband and were pointing and giggling at him...hehe...we were on the regular and we had to go incredibly slow due to rain...and it took a couple of hours to make it to Colchester (after waiting on a train for over an hour to arrive). Then we had a 45 minute drive home to Felsham. It was a long night.
More of the big city...
The National Gallery was amazing! Millenium Bridge was cool looking (our feet were killing us by that time, though)...should have done a tour of the Globe replica...we'll do that next trip.
Ben was creeped out by that statue in front of the Gallery...hehe.
More pics of Tour, Hyde Park, Serpentine, etc...
Before the prologue there was a parade of the vehicles - it was so much fun! French dj's on top of busses blasting french dance music with hot girls dancing, others throwing out goodies (and lots of tricksters acting as though they're going to throw you something then laughing as they fooled you), a huge hose spraying a fine mist on excited watchers, etc, etc. Then, the riders warmed up before the actual start.
There were SO MANY people - we heard over 1 million - and for perspective, there were that many people in a small park in the middle of town - it was crazy crowded - I wish I knew the acreage of the area. We finally decided to get on the tube and stop at a station where not many people were getting off to find dinner. Luckily that turned out well and we found an Italian place with little art pieces of Positano - superb meal in a quaint restaurant.
Poor Stuart O'Grady. :-(
GO GEORGE! >
Afternoon in the country...some pics from my walk....
Ben went to work for an afternoon, so I went for a good old fashioned walk in the country. Apparently, though, Tuesday afternoon when it's sunny and warm is not the best day to walk to Felsham - the store and the pub were both closed so I was parched. Thankfully, Nigel the gardener saved me with a peach orange juice drink.
My favorite pic from the whole trip is the one of that chicken - it makes me smile every time I look at it...
Sites around London
The Gherkin...I think it looks like a Faberge egg...but my opinion seems to differ from the rest of the world... :-)
Me at the TOUR de FRANCE!!!
(In London, of course....)
I had a little US flag and Ben had a little UK flag.
What a day! It was beautiful out. I did not bring any sunscreen with me to the UK, because, well, hello it's the UK and I was expecting rain the entire time. My shoulders actually had a mild sunburn at the end of the day (and I came home with more of a tan than I went with).
The riders came so close to us - there were times when I was leaning over and thought they were going to hit me. So cool.
Jet lag kept us from making it to watch the London - Canterbury stage.
What a trip! We had the best time. First vacation I've ever been on that I wasn't ready to return at the end of the trip.
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