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| Tube station |
After an afternoon nap (that felt oh so
good), we traveled two tube stops east to South Kensington, the tony
neighborhood where Ally lived when she studied in London.
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| South Kens pedestrian mall |
The first big surprise was when we left
the tube station…what had been a busy street had been converted into a lovely
pedestrian mall surrounded by small restaurants offering just about every type
of food you could imagine. The center of the area had tables and chairs for
outdoor dining. It was quite nice.
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| Tourist photo! |
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| London house |
We walked from the tube station up past the
Victoria & Albert Museum to 56 Princes Gate – the Pepperdine house. It was still looking stately, and Ally
said the light was on in her room.
The students would just be starting fall semester…ah, the memories! We continued our walk into Hyde Park,
looking at even more memorials erected by Queen Victoria to her dead hubby
Albert.
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| Outside Royal Albert Hall |
At the edge of the park
was Royal Albert Hall, another tribute to – you guessed it – the dead Prince
Albert. Ally’s like “Geez, Victoria…he’s dead. Get over it already.”
We ended up dining at one of Ally’s favorite
London restaurants – the Beirut Express. It was Lebanese food, and it was
delicious. I had chicken skewers with a paste-like garlic sauce that was to die
for. Ally had okra stew, and Jorge had lentil soup with a salad. Of course we started out with
hummus! A very nice meal and it definitely lived up to Ally's "we HAVE to eat there" pleas.
On our way home, we stopped outside of the
now-closed Starbucks to see if the wireless internet was still working and if
it spilled outside of the store.
It did! So we downloaded
Twitter and other stuff before heading back to the apartment. This would become a nightly ritual on our way home from our daily travels.
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