{"id":4507,"date":"2004-05-12T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-13T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2010-08-07T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T18:26:34","slug":"london-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2004\/05\/12\/london-2\/","title":{"rendered":"London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We got up and had a good breakfast. The wireless internet access isn’t working – oh well. Anyway, we got out and walked over to the St. Pancras station<\/a> – its one of the oldest rail stations left in London and is being refit to be the end of the Channel Tunnel line.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The spire and clock of St. Pancras station<\/p><\/div>\n

We then got a cab and rode over to the Tate British<\/a>. We walked through the Turners, which were amazing. We ate a wonderful lunch in the cafe (skip the restaurant – the cafe is better). Aviva had the fish pie and I had a meat pie – really great. As we went back into the galleries the fire alarm went off – we had to stand outside for about 15 minutes and then were allowed back in. We went straight to the William Blake room, which was amazing, and then hit the shop and found a cab.<\/p>\n

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\""Death<\/a>

"Death on a Pale Horse" by J. M. W. Turner<\/p><\/div>\n

We got to Westminster Abbey<\/a>. We walked through most of the abbey and then caught yet another cab.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The entrance of Westminster Abbey<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The old main entrance to Westminster Abbey<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The key things to see within the Abbey, copied from the brochure<\/p><\/div>\n

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The ticket for entrance to Westminster Abbey (front)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The ticket for entrance to Westminster Abbey (back)<\/p><\/div>\n

We rode over to the Temple Church<\/a>, which is located within the lawyers area across from the main court building. This church is one of the oldest in London – it was bombed in World War II but has been restored. The church was built by Knights Templar in the late 1100’s.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Temple Church facade from across the master's garden<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The main rosette<\/p><\/div>\n

\"One<\/a>

One of the crypts inside the church<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Temple Church organ<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Two<\/a>

Two of the front stained glass windows<\/p><\/div>\n

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And this is the old door for the Temple Church<\/p><\/div>\n

We got a cab over to Covent Garden, which is a shopping and restaurant area. We ate at an Italian restaurant and then walked a bit more and got a ride back to the hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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