{"id":4489,"date":"2004-05-11T21:36:32","date_gmt":"2004-05-12T04:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2010-08-06T07:23:56","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T14:23:56","slug":"london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2004\/05\/11\/london\/","title":{"rendered":"London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We got up early and started figuring out what we want to do while we’re in London. I think we’re going to the National Gallery today and to Bath on Friday (a day trip!). Breakfast was okay – they had hard-boiled eggs, some cheese, croisants and cerials. We managed to get cleaned up and going.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, we didn't have a great view from our room<\/p><\/div>\n

We took a cab to the National Gallery<\/a>. They have an amazing collection.<\/p>\n

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The facade of the National Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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"Grotesque Old Woman" by Quinten Massys<\/p><\/div>\n

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"The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist" by Leonardo Da Vinci<\/p><\/div>\n

We then walked over to St. Martin in the Field<\/a>. This church as a neat shopping and restaurant area in the crypt.<\/p>\n

We strolled off to do some shopping along Regents Street. On the way we saw the Crimean War Memorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Crimean War Memorial<\/p><\/div>\n

We finally went along and did some shopping – I got a pair of sandals from Clarks and Aviva bought a few gifts from Past Times.<\/p>\n

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Aviva in front of the English Teddy Bear Company<\/p><\/div>\n

We walked over to Chinatown and ate dinner at Fung Shing<\/a>, a very good restaurant on Lisle.<\/p>\n

We walked a bit more, shopping in some of the book stores along Charing Cross, and then cabbed back to the hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We got up early and started figuring out what we want to do while we’re in London. I think we’re going to the National Gallery today and to Bath on Friday (a day trip!). Breakfast was okay – they had hard-boiled eggs, some cheese, croisants and cerials. We managed to get cleaned up and going. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[823,2389,143],"tags":[827,2390,433,832],"class_list":["post-4489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england","category-london","category-travel-foreign","tag-dublin-london-2004","tag-london","tag-national-gallery","tag-quentin-matsys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t