Category Archives: London
Tour Guide Courtney on the London Eye
Tour Guide Courtney reveals a little-understood tradition on the River Thames and debunks a common misconception about the naming of the houses of parliament.
Bell Ringing
In London I went bell ringing. Not just any bells, Church Bells. Now this is not an easy thing to do. It’s not your weight, it it is how you ring. I rang at 5 towers over 3 days. The … Continue reading
London Day 4 – Getting yelled at is better than being boasted to
The last two things on our Must-Do list for London were St Paul’s cathedral and the Tower of London. We looked up tours of St Pauls and discovered that they are run every 15 minutes or so and are included … Continue reading
London Day 3 – Wall, Wheel and something else starting with W that implies that family is wonderful
Thomas had an even earlier start for ringing this morning. Ready to leave at 8am and before that we had to celebrate my birthday. The socks that we’d bought the day before became a birthday present. Having seen Thomas out … Continue reading
London Day 2 – East meets West
One of the main reasons Mum and Dad came to London was to ring bells with Thomas in what’s basically the campanology capital of the world. They set off for their second set of bells (Thomas’ first) for the trip. … Continue reading
London Day 1 – a little taste and then a big meal
Having left Mum and Dad in Barcelona (albeit briefly), we arrived in Heathrow 20 minutes ahead of schedule and cleared customs/immigration in record time – less than 15 minutes! This meant that the driver who was supposed to be waiting … Continue reading
Excellent final day in London
We literally dragged ourselves out of bed at 8:15 and had another cooked brekky courtesy of Courtney. First stop was St Paul’s to make sure we could book ourselves in to the guided tour this afternoon. Then on to Tower … Continue reading
Andrew turns forty-FOUR
I accidentally wrote ‘happy 45th’ on his birthday card. Oh dear, can’t really blame jetlag as this stage of the trip! We started the day with birthday cards and a present of new socks (real present to come later: a … Continue reading
Wonderful family
A very quick post here, otherwise I’ll get behind. We had a lovely first day in London topped off by an absolutely wonderful Shabbat dinner with all the family, of which we’ll post photos very soon. Point form of evening … Continue reading
Made it to London
We made it safely into London but only having one input device means we’re behind in the blogging. Stay tuned.
Coates Trip 2011 