... last Monday! There was a 'bonus' post though through the week before - ROFL! Warning for this one - photo heavy and no crafting ...
Last week was busy event wise :) Sunday was middle step-grandson's 17th birthday and we were invaded by the 3 youngest grandchildren.
Monday saw eldest grandson's 2nd wedding anniversary. Tuesday was youngest grandson's 6th birthday and we had a visit from our little great-granddaughter.
Wednesday the Italian photobook arrived on the doorstep (I'll share another time) and Thursday I took a trip up to London!
I've not been to London for around 30 years, not for anything else other than work or health related anyway, and that doesn't count. 1997 was probably the last time I was there and that was because OH was in hospital there for a while so not exactly conducive to sightseeing! I went to London mainly to see the poppies at the Tower of London. I've bought one but wanted to see them in real life, planted. There will, ultimately, be 888,246 planted, with the last one planted on 11th November. From then they will be removed and sent out to those that have purchased them. Each poppy represents one British life lost during WWI and the installation is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the war and those lives lost. More info can be found here. It's an amazing sight and will be even more so once finished.
While at the Tower the bridge was lifted - and it was lifted 100% Not something that happens often but then it had to allow a cruise ship to depart and nothing but 100% would have been good enough.
I also took advantage of the trip to take a flight on the London Eye. I've done it now - won't do it again although if the weather had been better I might have been tempted to go back for an evening flight. It was overcast with low cloud so the view wasn't as far as it could have been.
To visit these places I took a London, Hop On, Hop Off Bus Tour. While in Italy Jackie and I did one and this same company ran the one I used in London and, because I had my Sorrento bus ticket I got a 10% discount ... gotta love a bargain - lol! The bus ticket also included a river cruise so I also took advantage of that from the Tower back to Westminster. Quite a lot achieved, not quite as much as I'd have liked but I may go back at the beginning of November for an update on the poppies ... and a view from the Shard!
Not much time for anything else but fitted in my exercise class on Tuesday. Busy week :)
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