{"id":546,"date":"2018-12-26T15:26:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T23:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hovorka.org\/?page_id=546"},"modified":"2019-01-04T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T02:18:20","slug":"europe-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hovorka.org\/index.php\/trips\/europe-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oct 17 - Nov 9, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/24\/17 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Our niece Chrissy is studying abroad near Barcelona, and we used that as an excuse to tour Spain and see a little of Portugal. Since there are no non-stop flights from Seattle to Barcelona, we flew in to London and spent a couple of nights there before flying to Barcelona. After visiting with Chrissy for a few days, we went to Madrid, Gibraltar, M\u00e1laga, Granada, C\u00f3rdoba, Lisbon, then back to Barcelona. After which we flew back to London for a couple more nights before the long flight home.<\/p>\n
Again, we packed light. We each had our backpacks filled with the bare minimum. I think we took even less than last time. Last time we went in March, so we needed extra cold weather gear which was not needed this time. Also, four years later, the electronics are smaller and lighter. And we did laundry more often, which wasn’t a problem.<\/p>\n
The weather was pretty good in Spain, maybe a little too warm and too sunny. Spain has a large yellow ball in the sky that we don’t have in Seattle. It seemed hot only a few days, but mostly it was pleasant. We experienced a little light rain at times in Lisbon and London. Heavy rain one night in Barcelona and one day in Lisbon.<\/p>\n
Day 1 - Oct 17-18, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/24\/17 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
The flight to London from Seattle is 9+ hours, and left on Oct 17th and arrived Oct 18th. We sprung for the lay-down seats on the way to London and just the wider\/roomier seats on the way home. It’s still hard to sleep on a plane, even if you are laying down. And those lay-down seats weren’t designed for people over 6 feet tall, but they were still pretty nice.<\/p>\n
On arrival in London, we went to the hotel and took showers. Then we went straight to Masters Superfish for dinner. It was awesome as usual. See web pages from 2009 and 2013 for pictures. We forced ourselves to stay awake to help avoid the jet lag (which was ultimately unavoidable).<\/p>\n
We stayed north of Hyde Park and Kensington Palace. Our hotel building was so old, the floors were slanted. This didn’t seem like a problem until you got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Walking on a slanted floor in the dark when you are drowsy causes you to walk on an angle to the right, forcing you to bounce into the wall.<\/p>\n
Day 2 - Oct 19, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/24\/17 4:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Yesterday I got a UK SIM card for my phone. It still wasn’t enabled this morning, so we went back to the Vodafone store and got it all straightened out.<\/p>\n
Today was a day of walking around, trying to acclimate to the new timezone.<\/p>\n
Full English breakfast at 40’s Cafe.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Westminster Abbey and the tower that holds Big Ben\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Buckingham Palace\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
We also went to the British Museum for a little while.<\/p>\n
Dinner was at Dishoom. It’s a highly rated Indian restaurant with multiple locations in London. There was an hour wait to get in. Usually we don’t wait, but then we would have had to think of somewhere else to go, and our brains weren’t functioning at 100% due to the jet lag. It was extremely good, definitely worth the wait (we went back on our second pass through London).<\/p>\n
Day 3 - Oct 20, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/24\/17 4:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we flew from London to Barcelona. We stayed at an Ibis, only a couple of blocks from the Sagrada Familia, which you will see in detail later. We took the train to Sant Cugat to see Chrissy. We walked around a little and had tapas for dinner. <\/p>\n
Day 4 - Oct 21, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/25\/17 12:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Our first full day in Barcelona. Chrissy came in to Barcelona this morning to show us some of her favorite places. We walked La Rambla, the main tourist street. We stopped in some little place for churros y chocolate. Churros are basically fried dough, and you dip it in melted chocolate. It was not as good as I’d hoped. I was expecting the chocolate to be thicker.<\/p>\n
La Boqueria, a farmer’s (tourist) market.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
We walked to the marina and Barceloneta. Along the marina was a giant bin filled with orange balls, and they were letting people jump into the ball pool. Chrissy, being young and adventurous, took a dive. I’m still not sure what the purpose was. They didn’t charge or give away any money.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Near the end of the marina was a cable car over the city. At the end of the first cable car, we took a different cable car up to Montju\u00efc.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
After lunch we were back on La Rambla where we went to ARTiSA for gelato. We ate it in Pla\u00e7a Reial.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The Romans were everywhere. Here are some old Roman columns that still stand. These pillars are what is left of the Roman Temple of Augustus.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
We were headed to the ‘Block of Discord’, early 1900’s houses in the modernista style, when we ran into the start of a protest. The Catalan region of Spain has been trying to become an independent nation. They even declared independence, but no other country recognized them, so that failed. Today the Spanish government declared direct rule over the previously autonomous region, so there was an evening protest.<\/p>\n
First rule of travel, if you see a crowd of protesters gathering, walk the other way. We didn’t do that (at first). We walked into the crowd. Since the protest was just beginning, we thought we’d be able to get through to see the houses. The crowd grew quickly, and although it was peaceful, we didn’t want to be stuck in the middle of their independence movement. So we ducked down into the subway and left. The TV news that night said 450,000 people gathered, although it wasn’t that crowded when we were there.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at La Fonda Paisa for some very good Colombian food. I had pork milanesa, Denise had grilled pork. It was a very filling meal with soup, salad, rice, and plantains. We also ordered some empanadas as an appetizer which were very good. <\/p>\n
Day 5 - Oct 22, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/25\/17 2:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we went to Park G\u00fcell and the Sagrada Familia with Chrissy and Chris. We also walked past the houses on the ‘Block of Discord’ where we were blocked from viewing them yesterday due to the discord among the residents of Catalonia.<\/p>\n
Park G\u00fcell was designed by Antoni Guad\u00ed. It originally was going to be a housing development.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The construction of the Sagrada Familia was started in 1882 and taken over by Guad\u00ed in 1883, and he worked on it until his death in 1926. It may be done by 2026.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
A view from the top.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The inside was pretty amazing. We were there in the afternoon, so the sun was shining in through the very colorful stained glass windows.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Walked past the houses on the block of discord, this time without the protesters.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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Day 6 - Oct 23, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/25\/17 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we took the high speed train from Barcelona to Madrid. We walked around a bit in Madrid. There were a lot of people out. The weather was great, cooler than Barcelona.<\/p>\n
In Barcelona, these are the churros you’re looking for. Larger churros filled with Nutella (or other stuff, but the Nutella ones are really awesome). We ended up going here everyday (at least once a day) for the reminder of our Barcelona stays. The place was called Xurreria Sagrada Familia.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Madrid’s Puerta del Sol\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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Day 7 - Oct 24, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/25\/17 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Sight seeing in Madrid. We went to the Royal Palace of Madrid (residence of the Spanish Royal Family). Also saw the San Miguel Market, Plaza Mayor, and the National Archaeological Museum.<\/p>\n
In front of (part of) the Royal Palace\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Madrid has it’s own Crystal Palace, in a nice park named Parque de El Retiro.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at the Tierra Burrito Bar, kind of like Chipotle, for a burrito and some tacos. It was pretty good. This evening’s good gelato was from San Gin\u00e9s Chocolater\u00eda. <\/p>\n
Day 8 - Oct 25, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/25\/17 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
More Madrid. Today we went to the Museum of the Americas, which contained lots of stuff from South America, where Spain had control for many years.<\/p>\n
We also walked past the Temple of Debod, an ancient Egyptian temple moved to Spain in the 1960’s.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at Wagamama, a noodle restaurant. This evening’s snack was bunuelos, chocolate filled donut holes. <\/p>\n
Day 9 - Oct 26, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/25\/17 4:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Long travel day today. We took the high speed train from Madrid to M\u00e1laga, then a bus to Gibraltar. The train took about 2.5 hours and the bus took about 3 hours. The train arrived at 10:50 and we were trying to catch the 11:30 bus. Luckily the train station and bus station are across the street from each other. Since Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory, the Spanish bus company won’t take you into Gibraltar, as Spain would really like to have it back (Gibraltar is a small piece of land sticking out of the south coast of Spain). The bus dropped us off in La L\u00ednea de la Concepci\u00f3n, the Spanish town neighboring Gibraltar to the north. From there you walk across the border, and either take the Gibraltar city bus or walk the rest of the way.<\/p>\n
We took the city bus. However, from the bus the streets seemed crazy, we had no idea where we were, and my phone wasn’t getting a signal. At some point we just got off and walked to our hotel (it wasn’t very far, so we got lucky). The hotel was old and undergoing a major remodel, and we had one of the old rooms. Our first night around 7pm, we noticed the water was shut off. It was off for quite a few hours. The hotel manager moved us in to one of their newly remodeled rooms, which was very nice, and also good because the AC in the old room wasn’t keeping up with the heat of the day.<\/p>\n
The Rock of Gibraltar as seen from Spain.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Gibraltar, from Grand Casemates Square.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Palm trees next to the iconic British phone booth.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at Roy’s for fish and chips. Big, good, but not Masters Superfish good. <\/p>\n
Day 10 - Oct 27, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 1:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we went to the top of The Rock. We took the cable car to the top and walked down. Gibraltar has been an important defensive location for centuries. There are tunnels throughout The Rock that existed since at least the 18th century and were expanded during WWII. We toured the tunnels and natural caves on our way hiking down. We also saw a lot of Barbary macaques, the famous Gibraltar apes.<\/p>\n
From the top of The Rock.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
We went into the natural caves, which they made into a concert hall.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Here is the runway you have to walk across to get into Gibraltar. The first picture is looking north into Spain. The second picture is of the ‘runway zamboni’. They drove this zamboni around where the runway crosses the street, I’m assuming to clean it, right before a plane came in for a landing.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
At the south end of Gibraltar is Europa Point. From this point you can look out over the Mediterranean and see Africa.<\/p>\n
Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar into Tangier, Morocco was originally on our list of things to do. When we plan a trip, we make a list of almost everything that could possibly be done. From there, we devise a path to travel. Then we slowly whittle down the list by dropping things that are either too far or repeats of similar things we’ve already seen. Tangier was the last thing we dropped from our list. It seemed like we would only be going there to check some imaginary checkbox that says we set foot on Africa. Since we wouldn’t be going deep into Morocco, and we’d only be in the tourist area of Tangier, we wouldn’t be getting any kind of real cultural experience. Going to Morocco would have added at least 2 more days onto our trip, which was already going to be over 3 weeks long. And since there are almost 200 countries on planet Earth, and there is no way we’re ever going to get to more than 10% of them, the checkbox idea is not a good reason to go. Had The Rock of Gibraltar been on the African side, then yeah, we might have gone.<\/p>\n
It was hazy, but you could see Africa.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Gibraltar is kind of odd. It’s a tourist kind of town and there are a lot of shops for tourists, but they almost all close at 6pm. We had to make sure we got our gelato fix early today so we didn’t miss it, like yesterday. <\/p>\n
Day 11 - Oct 28, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 2:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we left Gibraltar by walking across the airport runway, entered Spain and took a bus back to M\u00e1laga. The bus took about 3.5 hours and we got to see some of the resort sprawl along the south coast of Spain. We had a late lunch at a donner kebab place called A La Turca, which was very good. We walked around M\u00e1laga’s old town and had some excellent gelato at a place called Yummy. They had a great dark chocolate gelato and also an apple sorbet which was almost good enough for me to consider getting something other than chocolate. (I still got chocolate, but Denise let me taste hers).<\/p>\n
We are standing in the middle of the airport runway as we walked across it to leave Gibraltar. Too bad it was so foggy this morning.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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Day 12 - Oct 29, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
1.5 hour bus ride from M\u00e1laga to Granada. In Granada is the Alhambra, a fortress originally built in the 9th century on top of Roman ruins, and upgraded to a palace in the 1300’s.<\/p>\n
The Alhambra.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Denise was taking too many pictures of me.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
We went to Yummy Gelato again. The girl behind counter recognized me already, she said employees were making fun of some guy getting a large gelato with only chocolate (yup, that’s me). When you order gelato, you are supposed to mix flavors when you get more than one scoop. Not me, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. <\/p>\n
Day 13 - Oct 30, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 4:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
We went to “Dunkin’ Coffee” for breakfast (‘Donuts’ is trademarked by another company in Spain, so they couldn’t use it). We had Nutella filled donuts, definitely not as good as the churros with Nutella in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Took the train to C\u00f3rdoba. Walked through town to the Mezquita. It is a giant mosque that has a church inside of it. It was originally a Christian church, then a Muslim mosque, then a church again. The religious overlap inside is odd to see, but given the history of the changing occupiers of this country, it’s not really a surprise.<\/p>\n
We also saw the Roman bridge, originally built in the early 1st century BC. It has obviously been maintained over the years. We also went to the museum of Andalus life.<\/p>\n
The Mezquita.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The religious overlap.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The Roman bridge.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The streets of C\u00f3rdoba.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
We went to Yummy Gelato for the final time, as we leave for Lisbon tomorrow. <\/p>\n
Day 14 - Oct 31, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 4:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we flew to Lisbon, Portugal. I was unable to check-in for the flight online, kept getting an error message, so I called the airline (TAP Air Portugal) to make sure everything was ok. They said everything was ok, but I’d have to check-in at the airport. So we left early to give ourselves extra time if there were problems at the airport. There were problems. Not sure what happened, but it took the person behind the counter quite a while and also a long phone call to get us our boarding passes. I’m sure the people in line behind us were very upset at how long it took. In the end, everything worked out. This was the first time I was on a propeller plane.<\/p>\n
We stayed at the My Story Ouro Hotel in Lisbon. The room was very nice, small but renovated. Walked around Lisbon in the afternoon. We asked the front desk where a grocery store was, and the directions they gave said walk two blocks that way, go in the building and take the elevator up, then walk a couple more blocks. That sounded a bit confusing, but off we went. In some nondescript building there is a public elevator, no sign out front, or at least none that I saw. It looks just like any other building on the street. Yet, there was an elevator to take you up 3 floors where you exited out the opposite side of the elevator on to the next street. Yes, the hills are that steep.<\/p>\n
For dinner we had burgers at B Temple. It was a pile of food. The burger was in there somewhere. The burger sits on a plate of fries, with onions, mushrooms, pickles, sausage, cheese, bacon, and a fried egg on top. Some kind of sauce is poured over the top. You are definitely eating that with a knife and fork.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Lisbon is known for the tile on the front of buildings, in fact they have a tile museum which we will go to on another day.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Lisbon has some big hills. You can see in the first picture the elevation change down then back up, in a four block span.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Pra\u00e7a do Com\u00e9rcio\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The 25 de Abril Bridge and the Rio Tejo.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The time change was messing us up. We were in Central European Summer Time (daylight savings time) which ended on Oct 29th, then we flew west into an earlier timezone. What was 11pm two days ago is now 9pm. <\/p>\n
Day 15 - Nov 1, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 5:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Took a tram to Bel\u00e9m, a neighborhood in Lisbon, so we could see a couple of sights and have their famous pastel de nata, an egg tart pastry. They were ok.<\/p>\n
Things we saw today: The Monument of the Discoveries, The Bel\u00e9m Tower, and St. George’s Castle.<\/p>\n
Monument of the Discoveries, built in 1940.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Bel\u00e9m Tower was built in the 16th century.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The streets of Lisbon.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Near our hotel was this steam-punk elevator, the Santa Justa Lift built in 1902.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at Velha Gaiteira. Near our hotel were a bunch of restaurants, and you couldn’t walk past them without someone trying to stick a menu in your face, and they all looked the same (and not very good). We walked a few blocks off the beaten path and found this gem, (with the help of TripAdvisor). The appetizer we had was called molten creamy cheese, a melted wheel of cheese and bread for dipping (like fondue, awesome). For dinner we had Iberian parrilhada, a giant plate with various cuts of grilled black pig. It came with fries and salad. Now that was a meal. Denise’s favorite. <\/p>\n
Day 16 - Nov 2, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 6:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
For breakfast, we found these tasty pastries filled with yellow cream of some kind. Not sure what they were, but they were good.<\/p>\n
Today we went to the tile museum, which has old tiles on display. I’d call it an art museum, because these tiles were very artistic, painted tiles instead of painted canvas.<\/p>\n
We also went to the Lisbon Oceanarium. It was pouring rain when we rode the bus there. The ticket line was under cover of a roof, so we stood there and bought our tickets. We realized we should eat lunch first, their cafeteria line was moving slowly, and it probably wasn’t good food anyway. So we left the Oceanarium (the rain had stopped at this point) and we found an all you can eat Brazilian buffet called Chimarr\u00e3o. This is a restaurant where the waiters walk around to your table, each waiter holding a skewer with a large hunk of meat (of various cuts). They put the tip of the skewer on your plate and carve off slices of grilled meat at your table. It was very good. After all the grilled meat yesterday and today, we were ready for some salad.<\/p>\n
Tile Museum.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Oceanarium, built on the grounds of the Expo ’98 (World’s Fair 1998).\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
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Day 17 - Nov 3, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 6:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we flew from Lisbon to Barcelona. Chrissy was also returning from a trip (Greece) at nearly the same time as us, so we met up at the Barcelona airport and rode into the city together. It was later in the day when we arrived, so after a quick stop at our hotel, we went to see the Magic Fountain.<\/p>\n
The Magic Fountain. There were colored lights in the water but none of our pictures were any good.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at Pura Brasa. <\/p>\n
Day 18 - Nov 4, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 6:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we went with Chrissy to the Dal\u00ed Museum in Figueres, about an hour north of Barcelona by train. Dal\u00ed did some normal stuff too, but he is mostly known for his surrealist work.<\/p>\n
If you put a coin in the box next to the car, it will start raining inside the car.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Abe Lincoln, or naked woman?\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The Mae West room. When viewed from a certain angle, all the pieces in the room are meant to resemble Mae West.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
More Dal\u00ed.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The ceiling in one room\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
In Figueres, wild parrots.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
In the evening, even though it was raining really hard, we still went out for our daily gelato fix. We are addicts. <\/p>\n
Day 19 - Nov 5, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 6:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we went to the Barcelona Zoo with Chrissy and walked around Ciutadella Park.<\/p>\n
Barcelona Zoo\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Ciutadella Park.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at Restaurante 7 Portes. <\/p>\n
Day 20 - Nov 6, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 6:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Chrissy had classes today, so we were on our own in the morning. We walked La Rambla again, and just wandered until we got lost. Then we took a train to Sant Cugat to meet Chrissy one last time before we leave Spain. Dinner was at a noodle place called Wok Street. It was near our hotel and pretty good. <\/p>\n
Day 21 - Nov 7, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 6:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Today we flew from Barcelona back to London. We went to the Muffin Man Tea Shop in London for some tea and scones with clotted cream. Then we walked to the Natural History Museum. That is one large building. And a very nice museum, at least in the dinosaur section. We got there about an hour before they were closing, so we didn’t see too much. We will come back tomorrow.<\/p>\n
We stayed in a different hotel this time in London, same neighborhood though. But this hotel had level floors.<\/p>\n
Natural History Museum.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Dinner was at Masters Superfish, again. <\/p>\n
Day 22 - Nov 8, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 7:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Last full day in London \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
Started the day with a full English breakfast at 40’s Cafe. Walked through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Walked to the Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n
Carnaby area near Dishoom, decked out for Christmas already.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Not sure what this is supposed to be other than art on the front of a building.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
Late lunch\/early dinner was at Dishoom, again. This time we went early enough that there wasn’t an hour long wait (no wait at all). <\/p>\n
Day 23 - Nov 9, 2017\r\nLast updated: 11\/26\/17 7:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Started the day with a full English breakfast at 40’s Cafe, again. Then flew home from London.<\/p>\n
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