Tuesday was my last day in London. It was a beautiful (warm!) spring day. We started off downtown at the parliament and Westminster Abbey.
We had lunch at St. Martin-in-the-Field's "Cafe in the Crypt."
Went to the Leadenhall Market.
Found St. Dunsten's Church - bombed in WWII and then the shell was left to become a garden. Plants grow up around these window holes...it's a mysteriously beauiful place!
I came out of the train station and turned around to find this. The clouds were so perfect that day it looks to me like he's painting the sky.
We perused the Treasured Collection in the Library which had gems such as - oh you know, the Magna Carta, a 4th Century Bible, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "How do I Love Thee," Jane Austen's Persuasion, hand-written music for Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus", Beatles lyrics to "Michelle" scribbled on scratch paper...and so many other fascinating works. We got our afternoon tea/snack in front of the King's Collection, which is multiple stories high. It was a geeky stop that I thoroughly enjoyed and reminded me of my book-loving husband.
We stopped to cross Abbey Road on our way home - my mom switched into teeny-bopper fan mode at this stop - Jess and I had to talk her down from crossing the road multiple times to get all the possible angles to match the record cover. It could have been the caffeine, but more likely just her undying love for the Fab Four.
We walked from our hotel past Regent's Park for a lovely last supper together that included lots of laughter, dreaming, and gratefulness.