Because We Can

  We actually managed to fit everything into our luggage with room left over. I know traveling with only carry-on bags isn’t for everyone, but it sure works well for us.     A first during our stay in London. No one else on the escalators at Holborn station. Of course the fact it was 6 AM may have had something to do with it. It’s like that old saying, “The early birds get to the airport on time.” Early Bird Bob and Linda.     The Piccadilliy line drivers strike was actually happening. The easy and least expensive way to Heathrow is the Piccadilly line, which we always take, but not because it is the cheapest, rather because it’s the easiest as we don’t have to change trains and the Holborn station is just a few minutes from the hotel we use. Today we would take  the Central line to Oxford Circus transfering there to the Bakerloo line and then it taking to Paddington station.     When Linda saw this sign she got a little excited, a...

  We’ve been to London many times and have visited most all of the popular sites, so what we see and do now is what we enjoy the most. That’s why there has been no changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, etc. Next time we might get back to Churchill’s War Rooms or spend a few days in Norwich, Bath or up to Manchester, but for this trip, we pleased ourselves.     Speaking of pleasing ourselves, Linda is definitely one happy girl come breakfast time.     Selfie of the day. Back again for another dose of world history.     We have never been to London and not seen the Rosetta Stone.     I know there was something very similar to these in the my high school world history book. This is one of our favorite sections of the museum.     The Nereid Monument. Several thousand years from now people will visit a museum to see bits and pieces of the Lincoln Memorial. Their knowledge of it will be the sam...

    With the Batman vs Superman London premier tonight the fanboys and fangirls were out an about in the Leicester square area this morning.     Even Batman was playing tourist in London today.     The pipe organ at St Martin of the Fields Church.     There may be a slight hiccup to our early morning travel to Heathrow on Thursday via the Piccadilly line. If so we will take Heathrow Connect to the airport.     The last time we were here the moat was filled with 888,246 ceramic poppies representing the British and Commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives in World War I.     Tower Bridge with the Shard in the background.     Selfie of the day.     The reason Monument underground station is called Monument.     We were back to the Mexican restaurant we ate at the other day because the matinee we were attending was just a couple of blocks away and also because the f...

    Selfie of the day. Back at the TKTS booth for more discount play tickets. We once again lucked out with seats near the center of the 6th row to see Beautiful - Carol King Musical tonight at a huge discount. Our method is simple, we ask for seats nearest the front in the stalls. The stalls being the equivalent of the orchestra. If they don’t have them for that play we have a list of others, though we almost always get great seats for the first one we ask for.     No rain, just the fountain in Leicester Square.   Setting up at the Odeon in Leicester square for the 22 March UK premier of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice . We won’t be in the area of Leicester Square tomorrow night, so won’t be able to report direct from the scene as we did for Eddie The Eagle for you cinema buffs out there.     The British Library is not some stuffy old building, besides it’s what’s inside that counts. No photo’s allowed, but we spent over two hours in...