Awoke early in the morning to blue sky and sun. The weather today was like a warm sunny day in late March in Perth. 30 degrees according to the weather man! Dyann produced some fantastic muesli to get me going for the day.
I met Ben in Convent Garden where we picked up shoes for Ben's dad from Dune before heading down a side street for coffee to get the day going. After this we meandered down to the River Thames and found Trafalgar Square where the sun was out and it was quite a sight!
Used the GoPro camera to make a time lag of the view form the National Gallery before heading inside. Was a great surprise we had - We saw the Monet's Water Lilies and Van Gogh Sunflowers among many other famous pieces. It was fantastic being able to see works from Van Gogh after visiting his Gallery in Amsterdam last year only to discover that all his famous works were on loan to other galleries around the world. I have ticked of a number of well known art works over the past year, maybe I should make a bucket list and start ticking them off!
Ben and I then jumped on a boat on the Thames which took us to Greenwich. We saw many famous buildings along the way. The highlight was a new skyscraper which was under construction called "The Shard". Not sure if it was to balance out the gherkin on the other side of the river!
The sun was out the whole way down and we took some great pictures of the important buildings along the way.
We saw the Greenwich time clock and also the Maritime Museum which was next to the Royal Navy College.Somehow the timing was perfect - we saw Princess Anne land and leave in a car which drove right by us! Proof is attached!
We then met up with Ed and Jim Hall, and Richard Dandridge for a few beers in a typical english pub near Trafalgar square. Caught the tube home and was in bed by 11pm!
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