Saturday morning we headed over to The Crypt, near Trafalgar Sq. We went down to the basement and tried our hand at some brass rubbings. They came out quite nice, Sophie opted for the the unicorn and I for Queen Elizabeth I. It was a unique thing to do and made some nice souvenirs. From there we walked over to St. Paul's Cathedral. Since we had not walked enough or climbed enough stairs at the Tube stations, we decided to climb up the 257 steps to the top of St. Paul's dome. The weather up at the top was a bit windy but quite nice and sunny. It was well worth the effort and near coronary to make to the top. Some great pics of the Millenium Bridge. In fact the whole time over there, the weather was wonderful, sun shine every day with it being approx high 60's low 70's. The very last day there the sun still shined, but the wind was cold. Probably reaching to only the high 50's. Not a drop of rain the whole 6 days there.From St. Paul's we walked and walked some more to The Temple. Yes, the same one made famous in the DaVinci Code. Unfortunately we could not enter the building, but we did spend some time walking the grounds. It was amazing the buildings we passed while walking. The amount of history and stories they hold, if walls could talk. Our stroll took us past St. Clements Church, the old nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons ring the bells of St. Clements.... They happened to be ringing as we walked by, very loudly.
We must have had lunch somewhere on the run, it must not have been a very memorable place, because I cannot remember where. We than headed back towards our hotel, dropped off the uncessary items, and headed over to Hyde Park, saw Speakers Corner, and took another nice looooong stroll over to the Marble Arch. Took some available photo ops and headed back to Buckingham Palace to meet up with some very old and dear friends, Dori and Zsolt and their 2 girls, Bori and Kami. We chatted and walked some more through St. James Park and saw the Horse Guards Parade (it is where they keep the horses) had dinner somewhere and chatted for a little with some old friends.
