Friday, December 27, 2013

Day 5 - Kensington

By Mark Fitzgerald
  • Get up and be ready to get out the door by 9:00 AM
  • This morning starts with a long walk through Kensington Gardens
  • By 10:00 AM head over to the Hyde Park Chapel LDS Visitors Center
  • At 10:30 walk across the street to the Natural History Museum
  • Take lunch at Rotisserie Bute Street at noon.
  • Get your picture with Lord Baden-Powell
  • After lunch head back over to the Science Museum
  • At 2:00 we will head over to Harrods for a little shopping and a snack
  • We leave Kensington via the Piccadilly Line Tube (Piccadilly Line) to go to the London Transport Museum. We will be there until 5:15 or so. 
  • After a traditional British Dinner we will wander over to the smaller St. Paul's Church
  • We will end the evening watching the Lion King
Detailed Itinerary:
ActivityArriveTime at DestinationDepartTravel Time to Next Dest
Get up and get ready7:55:000:30:008:25:000:07:00
Breakfast (french toast at apartment)8:32:000:30:009:02:000:15:00
KG: Italian Gardens9:17:000:05:009:22:000:05:00
KG: Peter Pan9:27:000:05:009:32:000:13:00
KG: Albert Memorial9:45:000:05:009:50:000:13:00
Hyde Park Chapel Visitors Center10:03:000:22:0010:25:000:00:00
Bathroom break10:25:000:05:0010:30:000:05:00
Museum of Natural History10:35:001:15:0011:50:000:07:00
Lunch (Rotisserie Bute Street)11:57:000:40:0012:37:000:00:00
Picture with Lord Baden-Powell12:37:000:05:0012:42:000:11:00
Science Museum12:53:001:00:0014:53:000:15:00
Harrods (Buy a snack)14:08:000:30:0014:38:000:11:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Tube14:49:000:06:0014:55:000:05:00
Tube (Piccadilly Line)15:00:000:08:0015:08:000:10:00
Purchase Tickets for Transport Museum15:18:000:05:0015:23:000:03:00
LTM: Ground Floor15:26:000:40:0016:06:000:03:00
LTM: Mezzanine16:09:000:20:0016:29:000:03:00
LTM: 2nd Floor16:32:000:20:0016:52:000:05:00
LTM: Ground Floor16:57:000:10:0017:07:000:03:00
Bathroom break17:10:000:05:0017:15:000:05:00
Dinner (Traditional British)17:20:001:00:0018:20:000:05:00
St. Pauls Church18:25:000:43:0019:08:000:00:00
Bathroom break19:08:000:05:0019:13:000:07:00
Musical19:20:003:00:0022:20:000:11:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Tube22:31:000:07:0022:38:000:04:00
Tube (Bakerloo)22:42:000:14:0022:56:000:14:00
Get ready for bed23:10:000:16:0023:26:000:00:00
Sleep23:26:008:00:007:26:000:00:00

Day 4 - Windsor

By Mark Fitzgerald
  • This day we will get up a little before 8 and get moving as soon as possible 
  • We want to be to Paddington Train station for the 8:55 train to Slough. At Slough we will change trains to Windsor & Eton Central. 
  • This will put us at Windsor Castle just about the time the gates open at 9:45.
  • About 1:15 head out for lunch at Papa Gs. This is right next the Windsor & Eton Riverside train station. 
  • Take the 2:23 train to London's Waterloo station.
  • From Waterloo walk 7/10th of a mile to the Imperial War Museum
  • The museum closes at 6:00. From there go to the City Cruise dock at Embankment for the 6:15 cruise to Tower Bridge.
  • By 7:15 arrive at St. Katherine's dock and find the Medieval Banquet
  • After a wonderful 3 hour event head home late for the evening
Detailed Itinerary:
ActivityArriveTime at DestinationDepartTravel Time to Next Dest
Get up and get ready7:50:000:30:008:20:000:00:00
Breakfast (granola, bring with you or if you have a first class ticket get food at the station)8:20:000:06:008:26:000:09:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Train8:35:000:13:008:48:000:07:00
Train to Windsor (Paddington)8:55:000:44:009:39:000:08:00
Purchase Tickets for Windsor Castle9:47:000:04:009:51:000:00:00
WC: Security9:51:000:04:009:55:000:00:00
Bathroom break9:55:000:05:0010:00:000:00:00
WC: Castle Precinct Tour10:00:000:35:0010:35:000:05:00
WC: North Terrace10:40:000:04:0010:44:000:06:00
WC: Changing the guard (lower ward)10:50:000:40:0011:30:000:04:00
WC: St. George's Chapel11:34:000:28:0012:02:000:07:00
WC: State Apartments12:09:001:00:0013:09:000:12:00
Lunch (Papa Gs)13:21:000:40:0014:01:000:00:00
Bathroom break14:01:000:05:0014:06:000:04:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Train14:10:000:09:0014:19:000:04:00
Train to London (Waterloo)14:23:001:01:0015:24:000:17:00
Imperial War Museum15:41:002:10:0017:51:000:00:00
Bathroom break17:51:000:05:0017:56:000:11:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Cruise18:07:000:08:0018:15:000:00:00
City Cruise18:15:000:30:0018:45:000:09:00
Take pictures of tower bridge and castle18:54:000:12:0019:06:000:09:00
Medieval Banquet19:15:003:00:0022:15:000:15:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Tube22:30:000:06:0022:36:000:04:00
Tube (Bakerloo and District)22:40:000:29:0023:09:000:14:00
Get ready for bed23:23:000:32:0023:55:000:00:00
Sleep23:55:008:00:007:55:000:00:00

Day 3 - Westminster

By Mark Fitzgerald
  • Get up and get ready about 8:00 AM 
  • Breakfast (eggs at apartment)
  • Get out the door and head for the Circle Line by 9:15
  • Arrive at the Banqueting House by it's opening at 10 AM
  • Be out to the Horse Guard Parade and the Changing of the horse guard at 10:45.
  • Afterwards head to Lunch at Whimpy's for a burger. Along the way stop in and see 10 Downing Street
  • By 12:45 head to the Churchill War Rooms
  • By 3:15 go over to Westminster Abbey. Stick around for the Evensong
  • After the Abbey walk down to Buckingham Palace through St. James's Park
  • Take the number 36 Bus back to the apartment
  • Have sausage for dinner at apartment
  • At 9 PM head-out to the Bakerloo Tube and go to the Tower of London
  • Be there at 9:45 for the Keys Ceremony and then head back home for the evening
Detailed Itinerary 
ActivityArriveTime at DestinationDepartTravel Time to Next Dest
Get up and get ready8:15:000:30:008:42:000:00:00
Breakfast (eggs at apartment)8:42:000:30:009:12:000:05:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Tube9:17:000:04:009:27:000:04:00
Tube (Circle Line)9:28:000:19:009:50:000:12:00
Banqueting House9:59:000:35:0010:35:000:00:00
Bathroom break10:35:000:05:0010:40:000:05:00
Changing of the horse guard10:45:000:45:0011:30:000:04:00
10 Downing Street11:34:000:10:0011:44:000:05:00
Lunch (whimpys - burgers)11:49:000:40:0012:29:000:00:00
Bathroom break12:29:000:05:0012:34:000:05:00
Purchase Tickets for Churchill War Rooms12:39:000:05:0012:44:000:03:00
CWR: Cabinet and Telephone Rooms12:47:000:20:0013:07:000:03:00
CWR: Museum13:10:000:40:0013:50:000:03:00
CWR: Kitchen and Staff Rooms13:53:000:20:0014:13:000:03:00
CWR: Broadcast Room14:16:000:20:0014:36:000:03:00
CWR: Map and Bedroom14:39:000:20:0014:59:000:07:00
Purchase Tickets for Westminster15:06:000:05:0015:11:000:05:00
WA: Westminster Abbey15:16:001:00:0016:16:000:00:00
Bathroom break16:16:000:05:0016:21:000:05:00
WA: Cloisters16:26:000:17:0016:43:000:07:00
WA: Evensong16:50:001:10:0018:00:000:11:00
Walk down to Buckingham18:11:000:18:0018:29:000:13:00
Bus (36)18:42:000:12:0018:54:000:05:00
Dinner (sausage at apartment)18:59:001:40:0020:39:000:13:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Tube20:52:000:06:0020:58:000:04:00
Tube (Bakerloo and District)21:02:000:29:0021:31:000:14:00
Keys Ceremony21:45:000:45:0022:30:000:00:00
Purchase Tickets and Wait for Tube22:30:000:04:0022:34:000:04:00
Tube (Bakerloo and District)22:38:000:28:0023:06:000:14:00
Get ready for bed23:20:000:30:0023:50:000:00:00
Sleep23:50:008:00:007:50:000:00:00