Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Portobello Market, Tower of London, and Paddington Bear

5/27
 We started the day at Notting Hill's Portobello Market.  It was busy street filled with stores and booths, antiques and fresh produce and specialty items.  We bought strawberries to eat as we walked and they were so delicious that even Asher liked them!  Corban bought a nice watch and we bought 2 London pillowcases (one for us and one to give to the Sherman's as a thank you for watching Rain!). 


From the market, we went to have Fish and Chips for lunch.  They were good but no one really liked.  



Then we took the tube to the Tower of London.

We started a Beefeater tour, he was funny as he shared the history of the Tower but we broke off to explore on our own after awhile.


Example of how/where wild animals were kept.






 armory room


original toilet





Watching guards in front of the Crown Jewels area.
On our way back to the apartment, we stopped to find Paddington Bear at
Paddington Station (later Asher chose a toy Paddington as his souvenir)!