Norway Fjords Cruise / London Photo Review

[FishinChris]

We had purchased tickets for Hamlet at the Shakespeare's Globe Theater before we left. We would have spent more time in Portsmouth but had to get back to London. Once back at the Waterloo train station we took the tube 1 stop to Southwark and walked to the Swan for dinner before the show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tate Modern Art Gallery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Swan has a special menu for theater goers so that you don't miss the show. You can also order food and drinks for the intermission while at the restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a nice view of Saint Paul's Cathedral from the restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

You can take pictures while in the theater but not when any actors are on stage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were sitting in the top tier, we recommend you rent the seat cushions your derriere will appreciate it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The view over the river Thames looking towards Saint Paul's Cathedral when we left the play. We felt ok so we decided to just walk to 2 miles back to the hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

Not taking a political stance just observing the local graffiti at the South Bank skate park. We did miss the Trump visit by a day.

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

Definitely some interesting sights in the evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Golden Jubilee Bridges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The London Eye.

 

 

 

 

[EMS8]

Nice start to your review and really good pictures Chris.

[Geoffa30]

Your photos are stunning. Looking forward to seeing more especially those of the actual Fjords.

 

(Off to check out your other reviews whilst waiting for more posts on this one...)

[Wandering_star]

Yes! You are back! I loved your British Isles review and adore your pictures! Thank you for taking the time to post!!

[FishinChris]

Thanks for the kind comments and sorry for not having the fjords pictures up yet. I promise to work diligently to get all the photos up in a timely matter. Thanks also for remembering my past reviews.

[FishinChris]

After getting back at midnight from the Globe we decided to sleep in. After breakfast at the Chesterfield we headed to Green Park Underground tube station and made our way to the Southwark station and the South Bank.

 

 

Southwark Tube Station

 

 

 

 

Lord Nelsons burger joint, we were not able to sample their fare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selfie Corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winchester Palace ruins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stopped at he Golden Hind to activate our London Passes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hind

 

 

[FishinChris]

Interior of the Golden Hind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a group of school kids learning about history today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People eating everywhere, we must be in Borough Market!

 

 

[FishinChris]

Decisions, decisions. This kid is on cookie overload.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even the Scotch egg gets in the limelight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jams

 

 

[FishinChris]

They have everything even Iced Tea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its all about the cheese!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of hungry people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty of ciders.

 

 

[FishinChris]

Duck confit sandwiches looked good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French cheese.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Shard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't mess with the pigtails.

 

 

[FishinChris]

Strawberries and clotted cream ice cream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had to stop to get a bottle of water, thank goodness it was still Scottish all that other water is crap!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headed towards Tower Bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jurassic Jeff. Go figure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

Had to get in on the Selfie action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used are London Passes to enter Tower Bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We headed to the Monument next. http://www.themonument.info/

 

 

[FishinChris]

311 step later and we were at the top. We used our London Passes for entry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from the top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The stairs seem to go on forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our certificates for completing the steps.

 

 

[FishinChris]

Streets of London

 

 

 

 

 

 

We headed to Saint Paul's Cathedral for Evensong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We ended up taking a cab back to the hotel.

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

 

 

 

 

We had dinner at the Chesterfield.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well deserved beer today.

 

 

 

 

 

I had the Dover Sole, it was delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honeycomb ice cream for dessert.

 

 

[FishinChris]

The next day we hopped on one of the Hop On / Hop Off buses for an hour and then made our way via various tube stations to Victoria station. We were headed to Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of the guard. Picture is the statue on top of Wellington Arch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No matter where you are in the world, everyone stares at heir phone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final stop.

 

 

[dchip]

Wow, wow and wow. Your images are stunning! I’m heading over to your website as soon as I finish typing! Thanks for the post. Looking forward to more. Take your time, editing is also an art. :hearteyes:

 

Cheers, Denise

[Diver2014]

Just wondering.....since you had Oyster cards, why not take the Tube from Heathrow into central London? That's what I always do.....unless you had too much luggage to cart yourselves. It's £6 per person.

[PonyPair]

Just wondering.....since you had Oyster cards, why not take the Tube from Heathrow into central London? That's what I always do.....unless you had too much luggage to cart yourselves. It's £6 per person.

 

 

 

This trip was a bit of a splurge for us, and having a car service pick us up was one of the indulgences we really enjoyed. We did have a large pice of rolling luggage and a carryon each. I would not have liked to wrestle that much luggage for a tube trip. It is very nice, after a 10.5 hour flight, to have a driver holding a little sign with our name on it waiting for us.

 

Our trip to Scotland and the isle of Skye next year will be a bit different, and we will be packing everything we need for two weeks in carryon backpacks. If you travel like that, taking the tube would be completely doable.

 

Fishinchris’s DW

 

 

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[geoherb]

Great to see more photos from you. We were on your British isles cruise last year. We're going back this year, too. We leave in three weeks for five nights in London before catching the Royal for its trans-Atlantic. Sam said no to walking the steps up the monument. I'm not sure he's up to a full Shakespeare play, so we may take the tour of the Globe instead. Looking forward to seeing more. Our cruise stops in Bergen. I hope yours did too so we'll get ideas about what to do there.

[FishinChris]

Great to see more photos from you. We were on your British isles cruise last year. We're going back this year, too. We leave in three weeks for five nights in London before catching the Royal for its trans-Atlantic. Sam said no to walking the steps up the monument. I'm not sure he's up to a full Shakespeare play, so we may take the tour of the Globe instead. Looking forward to seeing more. Our cruise stops in Bergen. I hope yours did too so we'll get ideas about what to do there.

 

 

Glad to see you two are headed back and I'm sure we will bump into each other again. Just getting ready to finish posting all the London stuff. Bergen was unique for us as you will see. Make sure to take lots of pictures!

[FishinChris]

Changing of the guard. We arrived about an hour before the festivities and headed over to the Victoria Memorial to get our spot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FishinChris]

This is how most people view this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This horse was really enjoying getting his withers rubbed.