Sunday, June 3, 2007

Final Post


An appropriate end to a Most Excellent Adventure. Banner by Laura (?)
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Traditional Homecoming Offerings

It is traditional (in some parts of the world) to place old electronic devices on the doorstep of those travelling to The Continent, upon their safe return. Here we have a typical display, arranged in the customary style. Contributors unconfirmed, but we suspect it was left by a band of gay young men that may include Sir David Van Stretch; Michael, Prince of Dumbarton; Sir Hector Scott; Douglas the Idiotte of Greater Leemon; and possibly others.
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The Greeting Party


John's friends welcoming him back to St. John's ... 1:00 am-ish Sunday June 3
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View from hotel in London

Last view from the window of our hotel, the Holiday Inn Kensington in London.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007

View from the Thames

Big Ben and Parliament, view from our boat tour on the Thames
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Medieval toilet

Honest - that's what it is.
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Tower of London

We toured it ...

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In the Silver Cross

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In the Silver Cross Pub

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Pub where we ate

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Parade

Also in the parade near Bucky House. Who IS this guy?
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Parade

Part of the parade near Bucky House
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Ian & Mom in London

Walking from Bucky Palace back to the bus. We stopped to watch some sort of parade or procession with horsies and everything.
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Buckingham Palace

Shot from outside Buck House. The flag tells us the Queen is in the House today.
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Westminster Abbey

John & Rob outside the Abb.
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First morning in London


Waiting for the tour bus in London, Thursday morning
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Baden Powell House

Around the corner from our hotel in London. Any Boy Scouts reading this?
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Adjacent to our hotel in London

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After getting kicked off the boat

Here we are just after disembarking at Harwich
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After a day in London

Hey there !

Sorry we dropped out of sight ... as I said, we were dis-embarking and I didn't know how easily we'd get Internet access in London. Easy enough at the hotel, but it's cheaper at one of the 5000 million Internet cafes in London. So here I am, around 10:00 pm here, in the cafe just 30 seconds from our hotel.

We got off the boat alive and well. Long trip to London, and today we did a wicked tour of London by bus. We saw all the major sites within the city, plus we had a guided tour of Westminster Abbey, and a self tour of the Tower of London. The Abbey was incredible. We walked over the tombs of famous kings, queens, poets, writers, and scientists (Chucky Darwin !!!, G Chaucer!!!, Chucky Dickens!!!, and on and on.) The tour includede a boat tour on the Thames which was excellent as well. Also a lunch in a traditional English pub. We had a long, packed day that was every bit as enjoyable as anything we've done so far. It's been an amazing trip.

Tomorrrow we plan to visit the British Museum, and then tomorrow evening we have tickets for Spamalot.

I may get a chance to post again - not sure, because we're fairly busy, but if I can I will. I know you won't sleep well without an update. (Before I leave here now I'll try to post some pics before my time expires.)

Thanks again for your comments and posting, and feeble attempts at wit. Hi to Ms. Mesh and all Ian's classmates from his Uncle Rob :)


Rob (Jack, Irene, Michele, Heather, Keith, Ian, John)