Friday night before the theater we found a great place for dinner. We both agreed that this was one of the better places in London that we have been to.
First course for Leanne was a roast Beetroot Salad with Goat cheese and horseradish.
I had the Potted beef and bacon with Yorkshire pudding.
We were surprised by the flavors of both of them.
The main course for Lee was beef tenderloin with a Bearnaise sauce and creamed spinach.
I had the Royal Bream, another good choice for the both of us.
Dessert was Sticky Toffee pudding
and I had fruit with sheets of strawberry meringue. I'm still trying to find the recipe for that one.
After we went and saw "The Go Between" staring Michel Crawford. Crawford played the original Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera". Even though he's 74 he still had his voice and we enjoyed listening to him sing.
Saturday we would do a walk from one of our walk books. After a while we picked the same basic walk from two different books.
Our walk would start and end at the Embankment tube station. We walked across Waterloo bridge and had a great view of the Eye and Parliament.
On the opposite side was the National theater. Outside the theater was a statue of Sir Lawrence Olivier dressed as Hamlet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier
From there we passed the Royal Waterloo hospital for Children and Women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Waterloo_Hospital_for_Children_and_Women
Another one of the great looking building in London.
A few turns and we walked down this street,
but first a stop at a pastry shop for some sweets.
Rain started falling and I for one do not like walking in the rain. Lee on the other hand was fine with it and soon the sun was back out. I was just walking and Lee said look up and see how beautiful this street looks. Its good to be with someone that see's the beauty in everything.
Next on the walk was the Imperial war museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum
Out front were a pair of 15 inch guns from two WWII navy ships.
The plan is to come back on a later date to spend some time there.
Walking around the grounds was this tree sculpture, in the states we would call it a totem pole.
On the grounds of the War Musuem was the Tibetan peace garden.
http://www.tibet-foundation.org/page/peace_garden
The garden was opened by the Dalai Lama in 1999
A few more pictures of the garden.
Coach decided it was time for a water break.
And he finally found some one to play with, if only for a few minutes.
The fire departments were having an event there and we got to see some old and new fire equipment.
This was an old steam powered pumper
and next to it was an antique ladder truck.
If you ever wondered what a horse scratching pole looks like, this is it. Seems like they would rub against anything they want.
Our walk would take us to the Elephant and Castle tube station.
It was easy to find, all we had to look for is the statue of the Elephant and Castle.
We took it back to Embankment tube station and went to the Gordon's wine bar for lunch.
Wine, cheese, meat and bread, life is good.
Coach got a few treats, and took a well deserved break.
Sundays walk would be in the Bethnal Green/Hackney Wick area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green_tube_station
The tube station was the site of a WWII civilian disaster where 173 people died while trying to get into the subway.
This hike would take us thru Victoria Park another large London park.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park,_London
There are two canals that run next to park, the Regent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent%27s_Canal
and the Hertford Union.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford_Union_Canal
Like most of the parks there are a lot of statues.
The Dogs of Alcibiades
http://ancienthackney.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/dogs-of-alcibiades-friend-or-foe.html
The next building was a Japanese pagoda built in 2012.
The next building was near a lock on the Regent Canal. This building was used for feed and and a place for the horses that used to pull the barges.
More statues,
These are made of thatch, the same thatch that they use for roofs of houses.
We had seen one of these horse trough a few months ago. Now they are just used as flower pots.
This is the Burdett-Couts drinking fountain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Burdett_Coutts_Drinking_Fountain
This was where all he locals would come to get clean drinking water.
This is a batting cage, not for baseball, this is a batting cage for Cricket.
The next canal we passed was the Grand union.
On the bridge was a pill box and anti tank position from WWII.
This area is where the 2012 Olympic's were held. This is a view of the Olympic stadium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(London)
Next to the stadium is this thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcelorMittal_Orbitit
It is the largest piece of art in England and cost 19 million pounds to build. My question is how do you talk someone to give you that kind of money to build it.
After another long hike it was time for Beer, Pizza
and of course a nap when we got home.
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