An Expatriate Fourth

Last week we popped up to the capital to have a visit with Dr. and Mrs. Reymond. He was speaking at a conference at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, which is the church that Spurgeon pastored. Here are the boys posing for a quick photo op outside the building.
After visiting with them over the day and sharing dinner, we parted ways and the Douglas contingent went for a bit of a roam. We wandered through Covent Garden which has lots of shops, street performers, and people hawking tickets for all the West End theatres. It's a great place to people watch or have a bite to eat. Behind Covent Garden is St. Paul's Church (not the cathedral) and there is actually a garden there on the church grounds. We took time to stop and smell the roses.


After that we had a bit of a wander through to Leicester Square which is where many of the UK's movie premieres take place. We decided to take the scenic route back to the train station via Piccadilly Circus. (Remember the recent failed car bombs? They were just around the corner from Piccadilly.)
That was great except we were planning to take a bus from Piccadilly which wasn't stopping there due to road works! So we headed back on foot. Brian knew I was quite tired at this point, so he kept 'shortening' the distance. "Just down this street." Um, and 10 blocks further! Whereupon he said "Only three more blocks." But I knew better! He's never gonna live it down. 3 more blocks, huh? :) His spin? "I'm just trying to encourage you." Ha!

But our route took us right by Buckingham Palace, which was fun. We've seen it before, but not at night. Plus, you feel like such a native when you see the sights on your way to someplace else.



In true London fashion, it was drizzling. But as we walked on in the rain, fireworks shot up over the Houses of Parliament and we stood under the umbrella sharing kisses and the view.