London 3

Saturday was our last full day in London. We got a cab to Hatton Garden which is a street full of jewellery shops where Pen was going to try to find a ring that she needed. I could see that it was going to take some time so I took my leave.

I walked along Oxford Street where there were many well known shops and heaps of people .

This is Selfridges in Oxford Street which is the famous multi storied department store. Not quite Harrods but still pretty good.

I had a great time walking through Hyde park which is massive. Lots of people peddling boats on the Serpentine lake and sitting under the shade trees. 

 I don't know what this structure is about.

This is the Princess Diana memorial which is really just a giant paddling pool in Hyde park. 

I managed to find the New Zealand war memorial which we had seen from the hop on hop off bus but couldn't remember where we saw it.

The Australian memorial is nearby and very cleverly designed. Probably hard to see but within each of the names of famous battles are thousands of names of towns in Australia where troops came from .

It was very pleasant walking down Constitution Hill toward Buckingham palace. 

There are always lots of people around the Victoria monument beside Buckingham palace.

You often find these barricades where crowds appear so the police can close off the streets when needed.

Sad to leave our hotel this morning which has been home for the last week. 

Today we packed up and caught the train out to Heathrow where we are spending our last night in London watching planes landing nearby. Might have to use my earplugs tonight.

Off to Singapore in the morning. Four nights there then home.