We slept very well and woke up at 8:39-9:00. Our destination today is the Westminster area for a Rick Steve’s walking tour. On the underground, a lady offers her seat to us. It isn’t clear which one if us she is offering up her seat. It makes it worse that she is on crutches! So a disabled lady thinks one of us is more deserving of a seat. OMG! We are old people!!!
It is REALLY crowded today! Even more crowded that other crowded days. There is a rowing competition on the Thames and we enjoy watching it for awhile. We walk down Whitehall to Trafalgar Square passing #10 Downing St and other important government buildings. I am hungry but all the pubs we pass are filled up. We take a side street at Traflager and find The Admiralty Pub. It is quaint and there are tables available on the second floor. We both enjoy English pies: I have pork and Howard has lamb. They are delicious! I try English cider with mine and it is a perfect culinary match. Howard has English ale.
We walk towards Buckingham Palace through a beautiful park. We saw the queen’s guards in a little off-public area carrying out the changing of the guard. It was an exciting secret moment to witness a royal ceremony.
We hiked back through Hyde Park and found an underground station just when my legs started screaming. We decided we should stop off at Whole Foods before returning home. My legs screamed the entire time!! Gosh, Whole Foods is expensive here!!! We got home about 4:30 and enjoyed a relaxing evening.