Phil's Places - London, Amsterdam & Boston

July & August 2015 - London, Amsterdam & Boston

At 6am the sun is shining through the window, which wakes me. I shower then head to Bethnal Green tube station and take the Central Line to Marble Arch near Hyde Park then start wandering.

Market in front of our apartment

Roman Road which leads from our apartment to the tube station

Marble Arch - at the edge of Hyde Park

Hyde Park

Wellington's Arch

Gate at Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace from St. James Park

St James Park

West end near Leicester Square

I return to the apartment and we all take the subway to Waterloo station then a train to Hampton Court. Debbie and do the audio guided tours of the Tudor portions of the palace, then wander through some of the Georgian areas, have a nice lunch in a courtyard cafe, then take in the gardens. 

Sarah at an ATM near our apartment

Girls in front of Hampton Court

Family in front of wine fountain - alas no wine at this point

Tudor portion of palace

Tudor portion of palace with great hall on left

Small portion of the kitchens

Great Hall which was a favorite of Henry VIII

Just off the Great Hall

Georgian portion of the palace

The gardens

There were costumed actors that would move through the palace.

That evening we attended a Jack the Ripper tour in White Chapel. It was a bit disappointing to me in that so few of the actually site remain as were at that time.

Christ Church Spitalfields - which dated to the Rippers times

Site of the last murder - which has be totally redeveloped