London Report 2 – The next day

After my last post we walked up the street to the local pub, The Globe, for a pint. Afterwards we continued our walk up to the beautiful Regence Park for a bit, saw some herons and geese and swans (along with a lot of pigeons), and after about a half hour we walked down out of the park down another street and found another pub (the Prince Regent) and stopped in for another pint. 🙂

We continued wandering around, exploring the area near our hotel. We ended up walking down to Oxford St. where the large shopping mall Selfridge's is, and naturally found another pub, this one called The Marlborough Head. We sat there for a bit before deciding to walk back up to The Globe for dinner.

In case I didn't mention it, the weather is fantastic, probably nearly 70. We sat outside, had a few pints and a meal (though that came a bit late, as somehow the ticket was misplaced, the manager apologized many times, coming out to our table to make sure everything was alright). Kelly had the fish & chips (which were apparently good but she didn't get any tartar sauce, which she missed), and I had a delicious club sandwich (turkey, bacon, egg, mmmm). After another pint or two we walked back to our hotel room.

We get in and realize it's only 9:30. I suggested we go back out, but made the mistake of laying down on the bed. Apparently I passed out cold. Woke up around 3:30am still dressed. Guess I was still exhausted from the day's travel (and, I'm sure, the fine ales).

Woke up just after 9am today, feeling sore from all the sleeping but refreshed. We're going to go find some breakfast here in a bit, and probably visit the National Gallery, and if we have time after that, perhaps Harrods. I'm going to look for a hat, that says Lion Tamer on it in big letters (something for you Monty Python fans out there).

Also, before we left I set up a bit of photo gallery software on my server, figuring this way I could upload pics to share in batches. Well, the uploading is going very slowly but the gallery is working, so you can check out the below address to view pics from the trip so far. Every time we're at the hotel I plan on trying to upload more photos, so I'm not sure when certain photos will make it there. Anyway, go to HERE for the gallery.