Another big sightseeing day today! 

Dad and I ran along an offshoot of the River Thames and saw some really interesting barges!

 One of the many barges along the off shoot of the River Thames.

TOWER OF LONDON

First up today we caught the tube to The Tower of London.

  Just another of London’s many amazing buildings!

 Tess could be a guard?

 A very heavy helmet.

DIAGON ALLEY

We walked from the Tower of London to the alley where Diagon Alley in Harry Potter was filmed.

LUNCH AT OLD TOM’S.

In ‘Diagon Alley’ there was a cafe bar called ‘Old Tom’s’. We had lunch there and it was very scrumptious.

 Hot melted ogleshield over new potatoes served with bread and cornichons… The perfect feast!

SELFRIDGE’S DEPARTMENT STORE

We caught the tube again from lunch to go and have a look at SELFRIDGE’S department store. It was quite similar to Harrods.

  The sign!

BRITISH MUSEUM

  Out the front.

The Rossetta Stone: one of the greatest archialogical finds of the world. It enabled people to be able to understand ancient Egyptian hyrogliphics. 

THE EVENING MEAL

We left the British Museum right on closing time and wandered down the street and found ourselves in a very nice little English pub for a little drink before dinner.

 The interior of the pub.

From there we caught the tube back towards Islington where we were staying. On the way home we ended up having dinner at Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant, Fifteen. It was lovely!

   
Tara.