Going to LOndon

[billybags]

To morrow I am going to London for the day with my daughter and  two grand children. We are going by train, have not been on one for years. This will be the first day in over a year that I have left my husband for a day.But I am not going to feel guilty, I deserve a day off.  I am going to wonder around Buck Palace, have my photo took next to a guy with a busby. I am going to the science museum, the kids want to see this.
 Should I say hello to the Queen for you all. Getting quite excited. I am 67 and this is only the second time I have been there in all those years..

[boswife]

oh yes yes!! do say hellow to the "queen" for me...  What a wonderful day you will have.  Im super happy for you.  And funny, i was thinking of taking some part of a  'day' for me as well tomorrow... Will the world fall apart...2 of us free birds..lol  I am so happy for you.  Enjoy to the depths of your soul and let your worries fall away  Bless ya,, im happy for your day 

[willowtreewren]

Have a wonderful day. Enjoy every minute and pack in the memories with the grands. 

Aleta

[Poppylicious]

billyb!  Only twice in 67 years?!  Wow.

I love London.  I don't go there much though (haven't been since the summer of 2010 I think) but as a descendent of generations of London folk it's in my blood.  I especially love the tube; I could sit on it all day (and one day I will, with a big notebook to record everything I see.)

Have an amazing day creating some wonderful memories ... be careful of the pickpockets though! 

(And if you do see the Queen, remind her that she wouldn't exist if my 3x great-grandmother's niece hadn't died at such a young age of something so silly ...)

 

[galvo]

I've always thought there was something regal about Pops!

[Poppylicious]

I've always thought there was something regal about Pops!

Ha, nope nothing regal ... this royal connection has gypsy blood written all over it! 

 

Hope you had a brilliant day, billyb! 

[billybags]

Well gang I had a fantastic day in London. Lots of laughs .It felt like a whistle stop-tour. What is it  Americans say, "to-day, London, tomorrow Paris and then Rome." We went to the Palace, saw the tail end of changing the guard.onward to Westminster, walked over the bridge then on to the Science Museum. The science museum was awesome, 5 floors of stuff, restaurant on every floor, we spent hours in there, the kids loved it along with hundreds of others, our kids on on half term at the moment..Poppy the tubes are , cool, . I have never walked up so many steps. gone on so many escalators, walked down and around so many tunnels my head was spinning. The grand kids loved them. I now know what a sardine feels like. To-day I am absolutely cream crackered, my legs, shoulders and feet are aching like mad. I think you really need a couple of days to do London not 7 hours. It was a lovely day.

[Poppylicious]

Glad you had fun billyb, even if it was exhausting!  Now you've done it once you should look out for deals (both train and entertainment) and do it again in the summer, but perhaps enjoy a more leisurely adventure next time!

 

[looneytunes]

BB...so glad you went and had a great day with the grands.  You definitely deserve a day off and much more often than once a year!  Hugs to you.