Yesterday was a full day spent primarily in Southwark, exploring Borough Market and buying tea from Tea 2 You, having a tour of the Globe and then watching their performance of Hamlet, riding a river bus up to Westminster and then walking back to my hotel (3 miles) through St. James and Kensington Parks.

I must say I enjoyed the river bus a great deal because instead of being underground I was out in the open air on the river and seeing both sides of the Thames and it was just lovely! It only took about 20 minutes too. I could use my Oyster card to get on and that cost only about 7 pounds which is only twice as much as the Tube and a sight more pleasant. The evening was beautiful and the sky was a bright blue (Lord, they could use some rain). The breeze was cooling and it was just such a pleasure. SH would have enjoyed it so much I kept thinking.