Week One Photos

Welcome to Heathrow Airport, London, England!

 My cozy room.

First view of the city from my window.

My room has everything I need.

Literally a water closet, but I am not complaining!

My lovely French friend N gave me this personal fan as a going away gift
and decorated it with my favorite animal to say in French...l'hippopotame! Thanks Trouble!

The many coins of England.

This store name made me smile.  :)

My daughter DD hates oj with pulp, so I had to send her this photo. 

Dinner. Wallace and Grommet would be proud. I didn't forget the crackers.

The shared kitchen for the 6 rooms on my wing.

The British Library!  

Time and date when we applied for our British Library Reading Pass.

This potato crisp bag is so cute.

A trip to Camden Market.

Mural of the late, great Prince.

Great Blue Heron checking out the Camden scene.

London Eye

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster from above.

A proper British pint from A Hole in the Wall Pub.

Football on TV.  (I am trying so hard not to say soccer.)

Mind the gap.

Hey Bedford peeps, there is a Pizza Express here, too!

British Library souvenirs.  Yes, they have a gift shop & it is amazing.

Waiting for the train to Oxford.

View out the train window. Such a quiet, relaxing, peaceful ride.

The Eagle and Child Pub where JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis frequented.

Half-pint.

I am not so sure if this is authentic...

...but you can never go wrong with bacon.

Job advertisement in a bakery window.

George & Danver Ice Cream. Oxford, England.

Pistachio. Yum!

Sign in the loo of the Palace Theater.

Bar @ Palace Theater.

Can hardly contain myself!

Beautiful Palace Theater. Opened in 1891. Marx Brother, Fred Astaire,
Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench and many others have performed here.

Stonehenge in the early morning.

I got a rock.

Lunch break in Winchester.

My pizza was called The Royale With Cheese (Pulp Fiction reference.)

Greenwich. Straddling the Prime Meridian.

East and West.

Atop the Royal Observatory.

Greenwich Market.

Lunch @ The Coach and Horses Pub. Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Tarragon Mayo. Delish.

The Cutty Sark.

Historical medallion on Baker Street, around the corner from the University of Westminster.

London Alive!  British Studies Welcome Reception. Cruise on the Thames. Photo by Dr. Davies.

A lone poppy in the neighborhood.

London Alive. Death, Mayhem & Winchester.

Statue of Boadicea, The Warrior Queen.

Oliver Cromwell.

Westminster Abbey.

Richard Coeur de Lion.

Dr. Andrew Wiest leading the Death, Mayhem & Westminster London Alive tour.

St. George slaying the dragon near Westminster Abbey.

MLK, Jr. is the only American honored on the facade of Westminster Abbey.

Statue of Millicent Fawcett, Suffragette.

Winston Churchill in Parliament Square.

Horse Guard.

Buckingham Palace in the distance. Decorated for the Trooping of the Colour,
the parade celebrating Queen Elizabeth's birthday.

Statue of Sherlock Holmes across from U. Westminster.

Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Tate Modern Museum.

Millennium Bridge & Tate Modern.

Bangers & Mash, one of the delicious hors d'oeuvres served on our Thames Cruise.

London has many, many construction projects in the works.

St. Paul's Cathedral.

The Monument to the 1666 Great Fire of London.

Tower of London.

Tower Bridge and The Shard.

The Minories Pub.

First dinner in London at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

One of the local supermarkets.

Isaac Newton statue @ the British Library.

Buckingham Palace.

Nelson Mandela.

Palace Theater.