As I've said before, my long-running motto on our family trips is, "We're on an adventure, and we can sleep at home." In this case, that can be amended to, "We can sleep on the plane."
We've got a few hours left, and by golly, we are going to go and see something...
Still on my list for this trip, especially since we had already been to Liverpool and done The Beatles thing there, was to visit the famous crosswalk at Abbey Road. I'd read that the best time to visit was on a weekend, and the earlier the better, since it IS still a real (and fairly busy) street.
So, we got up pretty early and set out for Abbey Road...
making it to the crosswalk before 7:30am...
making it to the crosswalk before 7:30am...
This is a busy road, but this isn't as dangerous as it looks. There are different types of crossings in London, and this one that has the lampposts with yellow globes at either end is one where pedestrians have the right away and technically traffic is supposed to stop for crossers, though I'd venture to guess that drivers have a bit less patience with the people crossing for a photo verses the people crossing that are actually trying to get somewhere...
We lucked out that there was one other person there trying to do the same thing. I say that we "lucked out" because 1) there was someone to take our family picture and 2) there was only ONE other person trying to get a picture, not 10 or 20 or 100!
By the time we left, still before 8:00am, a group of about 10-12 people had already shown up to try and do the same thing!
LAST ride on the TUBE (this trip, at least)…
"In this hand (on the left) is the fruit that Grandma makes for me when I'm at her house, and in this hand (on the right) is the fruit that Grams makes for me when I'm at her house."
while B & M were caught taking on the streets of London like pros...
After breakfast, we checked out and met up with our driver to head to the airport.
Many hours later, we landed back home in the Carolinas...
What began as my mother wanting to take a trip to somewhere she'd, somehow in all of her travels, missed along the way ended up being a truly amazing experience for all of us...
What a GIFT to have the opportunity to go along for the ride!
This will most definitely go down as a family adventure we won't soon forget and will hold close to our hearts forever...
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