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On Day 4 in London we went to the Barbican Centre, walked past St Pauls, met Tess at the Tate Modern, and had some food with her, Darcy and Aless in Borough Market.
The next day we travelled by train from King’s Cross to Edinburgh.
London: Day 4 – Barbican, Tate Modern, Borough Market
After a quiet start to the morning over a breakfast of Asda branded berry granola, it was back to central London on the tube to explore the brutalist architecture of the Barbican Centre. Eventually finding an escape route out of the Barbican’s maze of raised pathways and courtyards, we hopped on a double-decker bound for St Paul’s Cathedral. From there it was a walk across the Thames on the new pedestrian-only Millennium Bridge, on the other side of which is the Tate Modern art museum. Here we met up with Tess for the first time on our trip, who showed us round the museum’s impressive galleries and exhibitions. The three of us then walked down the bank of the river to the bustling Borough Market, passing the Globe Theatre on the way. After buying some delicious sweet snacks from one of the many market stalls, we headed to a near-packed George Inn, one of the oldest pubs in London, to share a Guinness or two, snacks and good conversation with Darcy and Aless, who had both just finished work for the day. Then, after saying our final farewells to the three cheerful Kiwi-Londoners, we ambled back to the underground to reconnect to the now very familiar Piccadilly line and onwards to Hounslow Central for the final night in our hotel. Tomorrow we’re off to Edinburgh by high-speed train.
The Barbican Arts Centre…
Barbican apartment community…
Roman Wall
St Pauls Cathedral…
Millennium Bridge
At the Tate Modern
Globe Theatre
On the way to Borough Market
London: Day 5 – King’s Cross to Edinburgh
After a big all-you-can eat breakfast at our hotel, we checked out and took the Piccadilly Line tube to Kings Cross Station. At precisely 12:30 p.m. we departed from Platform 2 on the London North Eastern Railway’s fast-train service to Edinburgh, passing through Peterborough, York, Doncaster and Newcastle. Four hours and 45 minutes later we arrived at Edinburgh’s Waverly Station, where E was standing by in his car to pick us up and take us back to his flat, where we dined on guinea fowl, lettuce and tomato sandwiches and handed over the three blocks of Whittaker’s chocolates and the jar of Marmite we had shipped from New Zealand.
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