Yesterday morning, Saturday, we caught a train to London from the Edenbridge Station near the house. The conductor was a great guy who sold us 5 travel cards (Grandmother had a little R&R at home) for the price of 2, so our whole day of travel only cost us £7.45 each, a screamin' deal! We tubed to Notting Hill Gate and proceeded to Portobello Road. We had our traditional bratwurst lunch, which was as delicious as I remembered. We caught the #70 bus that took us through our old haunts and down Church Street to Kensington High Street. After picking up a few things, we took a #52 bus to Victoria, arriving (because of terrible traffic from a massive demonstration) just in the nick of time for an afternoon performance of Billy Elliot. It was terrific! I laughed, I cried, I pulsed to the music: smashing! We bussed back to Westminster where we caught the Jubilee Line to London Bridge, again arriving just in the nick of time to catch the train home. Kim has returned from the States, and we celebrated her birthday (today) at the Wheatsheaf, an ancient pub off in the middle of the hedges and fields. Parts of the building date back to the 14th century. Henry VIII is purported to have stayed there on his visits to Anne Boleyn at Hever nearby.
Nashi is a very sweet dog -- made me miss Winnie
Various Boyntons on the Edenbridge-to-London train
All spiffed up with new tile and lighting
Up from the bowels of the earth
A prominent feature of the Royal Borough of K & C
"Place where the riches of ages are sold"
Those Portobellans love 'em some color
Bratwurst!
Traditional Saturday lunch
Kensington Church Street
Flower sellers at Saint Mary Abbots (Kensington Church)
Kensington High Street
Everyone wants to give me their seat, bless their hearts
Victoria Palace Theatre
Well-satisfied theatre goers
My favorite Star-Wars station at Westminster
A late supper at the Wheatsheaf
A beautiful repast
We are off to church this morning. I'm not sure what else will happen, but I will keep you posted.
That's all for now.
OXO
D.
7 comments:
Delightful. No walk past the center though?
YUMMY!
Anna: Nope. No walk past the centre. We did ride along Bayswater Road past Palace Court and had a look down the street, though.
D.
Loving the posts uncle David! I think we should have planned a Boynton Family reunion at Matt and Kim's! Glad your having fun!
I second Carrie's suggestion.
Loving it! Would LOVE to see Billy Elliot in London! So jealous!
Great posts! Keep 'em comin'.
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