The sun has set and our last night away sees us soaking in the view over the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. Our last day before flying home is in London. We lived here in 1987 and it occupies a special place in our hearts. The preplanning had this as a shopping day but I suspect that my life partner has run out of room in our cases. Our finale for this holiday is atop the London Shard which has been built since Suzanne was last here 13 years ago. As the sun sets we enjoy some English bubbles 31 stories atop the Thames as one of the great cities on this planet lights up.
Suzanne was most put out that she did not receive an invite to QE 11’s funeral last year and was keen to pay her respects. After some initial persuasion she agrees to revisit Windsor castle that we last saw in 1987. A short half hour by train sees blue skies and wintersun and we revel in the beauty and majesty of this magnificent castle. Noone does castles quite as well as the English and the same goes for the high vaulted gothic cathedrals. St Georges’ chapel is the Windsor castle and is the burial place of Queen Elizabeth 11 as well as multiple other monarchs including the (in)famous Henry V111. Sadly photography is forbidden inside. Nonetheless I manage to sneak photos of the church. Unfortunately the crypt where QE 11 is buried is tucked away in a place where I am unable to successfully take an illegal photograph.
We round off the excursion with a traditional pub lunch at a 300 year old Windsor pub with a couple of pints of tepid British Ale!
PSS:
14th of November, a special day. You guessed it, King Charles birthday! It looks like my beloved didn’t get an invite to that bash either. So we are flying home and on the way, as best we can I will celebrate a much more important occasion, the birthday of my only love. Happy birthday darling!
