On Saturday after overnight lows of about 40 but a morning blue sky reminding me of the Rocky Mountain West, we spent some time in the Covent Garden area which is a very, very busy area on a Saturday.  We returned to La Roche, a middle eastern restaurant where we went a couple of weeks ago, for lunch and then went to the London Transport Museum (www.ltmuseum.co.uk).  The London Transport Museum houses the history of London's transportation systems and related issues that also reflect the city's social history.  You can check this museum off as a worthwhile place to visit.  Dinner was at the reasonably priced Zia Teresa which is across the street from Harrod's.

Earlier in the week I did not mention a weather perfect day that inspired us to walk to one of London's highest points, Primrose Hill, and include a walk through Regent's Park, another of London's lovely open spaces that includes the spectacular Queen Mary's Gardens.

When we decided to try this extended stay trip some months ago, we obviously had no idea how this would play out.  What the apartment would be like, what kind of weather we would have, would it be too long a stay, would we tire of the city, how hard would it be to arrange visits out of the city and more.  But it would be unreasonable to have expected things to be any better than they have been, including near perfect (now that does not mean a predominance of sunshine) weather…mostly clear but a little misty at times and some short light rain showers a couple of times but nothing to interrupt any of our activities.  The city is friendly, transportation within the city and beyond the city a breeze and an incredible variety of cuisine.  The cuisine is just a little pricey due to the exchange rate.  Okay, actually a lot pricey.

As I mentioned, tomorrow we finish our London dining with a return to Patara for the sixth time in just over three weeks.  We find the food exceptional and with the limitations in my diet, it is unheard of for me to find a place that I can have at least six different acceptable entrees which has in fact been the case at this restaurant.  In our travels to this country and several others, we have learned that repeat visits are nothing short of honored as they tend to roll out both free food and drink as well as treating us like they really, really do appreciate the business even though they know our visits will come to an end.  This has been the case at Patara and we will be missing both the people and their wonderfully spicy food.

Thanks for sharing this adventure with us.  If all goes well we will be home Monday night followed by Konnie heading to Seattle shortly thereafter to be with Chelsea and my heading to Indiana on October 5 for business and family there.  Until our next adventure…cheers.