And then we came home!!!

We got up early today and had breakfast.  Then we took the bowl and tea mug downstairs to the communal kitchen and put them in the dishwashed.  Then we came back upstairs to pack all our stuff up!

It's time to go home now.  

We said goodbye to our friend and then scooted off - what a brilliant visit!!

Then we walked down the road to the bus stop....

And got the 176 bus!

It was a very busy bus but we eventually got a window seat and left a tag on the rail!

It's an interesting ride, this one.  

With lots of interesting buildings on the way!!

Oh, hang on, this bit looks a bit familiar.....

Elephant and Castle, I believe....

And the Imperial War Museum....

It takes a long time too, it covers quite a distance!

Oh, that's the Hayward Gallery!

And then we crossed the Thames!!

We're going down the Strand now!!

There's the Savoy!

There's Charing Cross Station!

And Trafalgar Square!

And there's the National Gallery!

We went past Chinatown.

There's that big theatre......!

And Foyles bookshop!!

And we finally reached the end of the route here!!!

...outside the Museum of Illusion!  Now I didn't know about this museum!

Then we walked down to Trafalgar Square and found the right bus stop

And got on the number 73, the last bus of our trip!

They got a tag, too!

There's Euston Station!!!  Nearly there....

Here we are!  Outside the British Library!!

Just a short walk to St Pancras Station

There was HUGE crowds at the Eurostar check in place, took a while to wind our way through!!

But we finally reached our platform, and the Brighton train was THERE WAITING FOR US!!!!!

We got on with two minutes to go before it left!!!  How's that for good timing!!!

We went through Blackfriars Station.

And then off towards London Bridge....

And finally went over the Balcombe viaduct!!

And arrived home all in one piece!!

We got our bus back towards home, got off here and then strolled home!

What fun!!

A day out.

 

Today Andrea got up really early and got ready to go out...... and I insisted she take me with her!!

We went up to the train station!

The train we got on was mega busy so we couldn't really take any pictures.....

But we came into London!!!

Oh, we not going by bus??!

Oooooo love the mosaics here!!

We got off here!!  We met someone here and then walked off up the road...

.....for a shamanic drumming do!  We worked with the snow bear today (not a polar bear, those are different) and the coyote who's the trickster like Loki.  Coyote makes us really concentrate and focus on what we need help with from the snow bear.  We also made a herb offering (into the red and blue basket top left) - ours was oregano and white sage that our friend had brought.

After a fab day there, we stopped for coffee on the way back to the station, and then went to get the train.

Our friend had to get back to Waterloo but we got off here.

And then went to get the bus!

It's the 205!!

They got a peace card

Oh that looks a bit art deco, doesn't it?  With the curved corners.

And here's Old Street Station

Ooo posh!

Oh I know where we are now!

There's Kings Cross over there!

And there's St Pancras!

Really like that building!

It's time to get home!

Oh!  New window dressings!!

Let's go in!!!!!!!

We'll show you what we bought later!!

Oh!!  Our train is due in about four minutes!   Excellent!

We got a window seat as well!

Here's Blackfriars Station

Oh, there's the Shard over there!

On the way to London Bridge!

And then we snoozed all the way home!!

Not long to wait for our bus back, either

And we got off here!

We got some more coffee because we're almost run out AND we got some bis kwits!!!

Our friend gave us a bag of white sage

And this is one of the tobacco offerings that were available if you forgot to bring your own.

We might send this one to Helena, though, if she'd like to have it.

What a fab day out!