Today we planned to go to the London Transport museum in Covent Garden, but first we needed to go to Lyn's favorite haunt: Foyles bookstore in Charing Cross road. You can take Lyn into any bookstore at any time of the day or night, but the main branch of Foyles is something extra special, thanks to the huge selection of interesting material. We found the textbook that she was looking for. Here is Lyn in front of Foyles:
Next we walked to Trafalgar Square. We had made a plan to see Sean for lunch, but we were a bit early so stopped for coffee. In front of the coffee shop, there was a typical London scene: an old 'Routemaster' double decker bus (these old buses are now only used on a few very touristy routes) and two red phone booths:
Next we had lunch with Sean in the 'Cafe in the Crypt', below the church of St Martins in the Field in Trafalgar Square.
Then it was to the London Transport museum. This was very interesting. I have been planning to write a blog entry about the amazing public transport system here in London. So a picture of how the first underground routes were constructed (digging a trench by hand and covering it up) will suffice for now.
Tomorrow I plan to write a post about the latest 'project' here in Richmond (insulating the loft). On Monday we travel to Bath for 2 days, which certainly will be reported on as well. The 'public transport post' will probably follow after that.
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