London Bucket List

A few weeks ago we made a list of all the things that we want to do before we leave London this summer. We realized that we have a limited amount of time left and that there are still loads of places that we want to see, so we have created a list and plan to check things off as we do them. The trouble, of course, is that we keep adding to the list. It feels like for every landmark we check off, we remember to add three more. 

Last Monday was a Bank Holiday so we wandered around town and then into the British Library. We took the tube to Angel station, as that is the deepest tube station in London. The escalator went up for miles. We also went into St. Pancras Hotel and King's Cross Station (of Harry Potter fame). We found some beautiful city parks during the day and then later that evening Steven met up with our friend Rich who was in town visiting family.

Another item on the bucket list was to see the Thames Barrier (truth be told, only Steven was really excited about this one, but I went along to keep him company). It was actually very cool. We took the Docklands Light Rail all the way up north, checked out the outlets of Marks & Spencer and Clark's Shoes (rather disappointing), then walked about 5 miles to the Barrier. It's a huge engineering feat that protects London from the risk of catastrophic flooding. I'm glad to have learned about it... and now we can cross it off the list.

We'll keep running down the list and will keep you posted.