Day Five

Today Carl & I braved the subway on our own! And, what a grand adventure it was!!

We left the house about 10:00, made our way South Kensington Station, bought a couple of all day passes and off we went!

First stop... Nottingham Hill with a stroll down the lane to see some of the mansions and embassies, Hyde Park for a a look at Kensington Palace & Gardens including the Orangery, unfortunately, we we not able to go inside as they were closed and more mansions and embassies (Israel was the only one with armed military outside and signs prohibiting photos, however, I sneaked one later on at the bottom of the street). We ate great brunch at the Goat Tavern Pub on High Kensington Road.

Next on the agenda,... The London Harley Store on King's Road. We made it to King's Road with no problems, but turn right when we should have turned left, walked for about 5 blocks, happened on a postal lady, delivering the mail and decided to make sure we were at least heading in the right direction and imagine that... we weren't!!! Who would have thought that the same street would change right in the middle to NEW King's Road? So, we turned around and in short order we we at Warr Harley Davidson, which we discovered is Europe's oldest Harley dealership opened in 1924!

Since we had all of London available within in subway range for the day, we decided we would like to spend a bit more time at Westminster. So, we boarded the tube and away we went only to discover that it too was closed for the day, but we received a bonus!... the reason it was closed was because the Queen, Albert, Prince Phillip and Camilla were inside for Commonwealth Day! We only had to wait about 10 minutes to get to see and photograph them all! What a treat!!

By then it was starting to get late so we hopped on the bus at Trafalga Square, then hopped off the bus a few blocks later rushed back to Trafalga to retrieve Carl's backpack that we accidently left at pub then hopped back on the bus and made our way to Piccadilly to see the original Hardrock Cafe!

By then it was dark and cold, so two buses and two subway rides later we made it home with only great memories, fun pictures and tired feet to report.