Thursday Night In London

London - Lulu at the Hyde Park Christmas Festival

Our plane flew down through the heavy overcast clouds of London at around noon Thursday. Underneath - it was dark and misty. I cannot imagine what it was like in the 1950s - when all those brown coal fireplaces were cooking up a storm. This is the first time we have been in England in winter. 

By 4 PM - night had already fallen. All of these pictures were taken between 4 PM and 8 PM. We cleaned up in our Sheraton Hotel by the airport. We took the tube into downtown London getting off at Hyde Park. Last time we were at Hyde Park - we were at a Rolling Stones concert in the summer of 2013. Now the grounds were covered by a Christmas Village Festival. The ground was covered with large metal runway plates bolted together. It was a cross between the Bavarian Festival - a block party - a Christmas Park - and a county fair. There were great rides and food and crafts. 

Next we went to the area around FSU campus - Oxford and Regents Street. We walked and walked - can you believe I walked right by the Apple Store and did not go in? We found a new restaurant - the Kama Haina Sandwich Shop. It is a place that we love to eat in Hawaii. Well they opened one here near the Goodge Street Station - the station closest to FSU campus. We had supper there - and then caught the tube home. 

In the winter over here - you function at night. You are much farther north than Tamaqua or Florida.

Roasted Chestnuts

In the festival they had a portable London Eye. Lulu thought that building looked like your Tamaqua home

This dixie band was play a Rolling Stones early blues hit - I used to love her but its all over now

This was Regents Street - a major shopping mecca

My Coal Cracker friend Tom Berner will love this - downtown London

This Riva Electric was charging on Berners Street

Another van plugged in 

You hold you credit card here for 2 seconds and it charges your car and card

Our Hawaiian sandwich shop. They make great milk shakes from scratch

Lulu in the window having supper - a pineapple burger - I had pancakes.

We also had a banana milk shake served in a liter bottle

This bus was taking us to Butts Farm. We caught a free bus from the airport to our hotel and back. Buses in the airport  zone are free.\