London, Friday. Then the trip home

Friday morning we walked through Green Park, which is very close to our hotel. As a matter of fact, the Underground stop closest to us is called Green Park. They had these lounge chairs set up in the park:

From London 4 Sept 2009

then we walked on down past Buckingham Palace:

From London 4 Sept 2009

They're changing the guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Walken went down with Alice.

There were some Horse Guards just standing around:

From London 4 Sept 2009

From London 4 Sept 2009

It was nice walking around. The weather was nice - probably in the high 60s or low 70s. Partly cloudy. Good weather for walking.

We wandered past Westminster Abbey but didn't go in:

From London 4 Sept 2009

and eventually made it to our lunch reservation at The Cinnamon Club, a fancy Indian Food place. I won't do a detailed food description, but it was all great. We even had a bottle of wine (A Gewurztraminer), something we don't often do at lunch.

It is mainly a business lunch place. I think I was the only man there without a suit and tie. I usually feel uncomfortable in a place like that, but I did not here. I even snapped a (bad) photo of the kitchen:

From London 4 Sept 2009

That evening we went to see a play version of The Shawshank Redemption. It was started in London, and this was really just the previews. The play itself stars on the 13th of September. But we had great seats (row F!) and had a great time.

We had to leave early the next day (our flight left at 8:35, the car was picking us up at 5:45). We made it to the airport no problems. But we almost missed our plane as Doreen was having so much fun in the President's club. I think I remember them calling our name in the overhead speaker, threatening to remove our luggage.

It was a great trip.