We arrive on Sunday July 19 after a ten hour flight from San Francisco. Settled into our room at the Marriott Grosvenor Square and took a short nap before going out for dinner. "The Living Room" restaurant was in a group of places to eat in Heddon Street near Regent Street, it was just OK, or maybe we were just jet-lagged!
Next day feeling rested we headed out to do a little shopping and just enjoy being here. London is so cosmopolitan, much changed from when I grew up in England. Every nationality is represented with more turbans, veils and skin colors than can be imagined, at least on Oxford Street, where red double decker buses are lined up end to end on both sides of the street, picking up passengers and dropping them off from all the neighborhoods. London taxis filled up the side streets as we walk back to our hotel, on Duke Street near Grosvenor Square and the US Embassy (Impressive statue of Gen. Eisenhower is out in front).
Dinner last night was superb... at Pattersons on Mill Street in Mayfair. This was 0ur second visit and it is wonderful. Great service and the presentation of the dishes is beautiful.
Today we were off early by the London Underground transportation ... the Tube. A great system and it moves tens of thousands of people every day. This morning we were going to visit the University of Richmond, an international American institution. Our grand daughter has been accepted there starting in September. This was a 45 minute Tube ride and then we took a taxi. The University is perched on a hill overlooking the Thames. A charming senior student working through the summer gave us the tour. We were impressed! Small class sizes and nice amenities, we even looked at a dorm room, basic, but OK.
We walked back down the hill into Richmond, great scenery along the way. Had lunch overlooking a park at a place called Austins that said it was established in 1726! Though heavy rain was forecast we only had a couple of showers as we made our way back via the Tube into London and our hotel.
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Thanks for your post! Great way to get teh news and follow what you are doing. Figured however, that since you weren't looking at email while away, I'd better comment via your blog. I think it's great that you get to see where Kendyll will be headed. It will be weird to have her so far away!
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Hi Joyce-- Glad you made it to London. I loved London when I was traveling before I retired. Very cosmopoliton. I just wish I was into drawing and painting when I was there because we had a couple of extra days to do whatever.
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