Cheers readers!! I'm sad to say, but Rosemary and I are reporting on our final day in England. It's very bittersweet and we enjoyed this trip immensely. Thanks to everyone who made this possible as it was definitely a trip we will never forget. We loved England so much and we will definitely be heading back some day. So, without further ado, here is the recount of our final hours in London!
After the most awkward English breakfast at The Cymbeline Guest House, we headed to McKenchnies Independent Tea and Coffee shop. It was a cozy little coffee shop just on the edge of the town center. We enjoyed lovely vanilla lattes and accessed the free wi-fi since we couldn't at our guest house. We spent about an hour in the little shop and headed back to The Cymbeline to check out. We then made our way to the train station to wait for our final train ride; our 11:40 to London. We arrived in London just around 2 p.m. and navigated the tube station a few stops until we arrived back at the London and Britain visitor information centre. From there, they helped us book a hotel for our final night in town. We wanted an upgrade from our last two guest houses and felt we deserved nice accommodations after lugging around luggage and making numerous train rides across England. They got us a reservation at The Grovesnor adjacent to the Victoria rail station. The hotel was very English and very nice. Rosemary was quite excited because we upgraded to the air-conditioned executive suite - the first air-conditioned room we had all trip. After freshening up, we decided to grab a bite to eat and hit up the town to take some final pictures and soak in the city one last time.
We decided to eat at The Victoria - a pub just down the street from The Grovesnor. Rosemary ordered a coke and I had the Young's Cask Ale. We ordered nachos to share and I went with the sausage of the day and Rosemary ordered the first grilled chicken sandwich of her trip. The nachos were tasty and after we finished those, our main dishes were served. We both enjoyed them. After Rosemary's second coke and Winston's Pimm's Cup, we headed out.
We went to the Westminster Tube stop to get some more pictures of Big Ben, Parliment, red telephone booths and other English standards. Afterwards we made a stop by Kensington to do some shopping. After visiting a few stores we stopped by Marks and Spencer to pick up a few grocery items for the hotel room (namely orange juice, water and coke) and we headed back for a relaxing final evening.
We reminisced about our trip, began the packing process and said goodnight to London for one final time, for the next day we would be heading back to the states on a plane. Goodbye for now England, we'll see you again soon!
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