When you get the chance to meet !!



The  brilliant opportunity arose for me to meet up with

long time blogger friend/facebook

Paulita and her husband Earl.

 

The short story is that they have sold up in the USA ,

moving to France and they were in England for

two weeks and not far from London.

Paulita's blog is

An Accidental blog.

Please do pop over and read all about her move and much more.

 

A quick hop on the train for both of us.

 

We just had to meet up!!

 

We met in London at Victoria Railway Station

inside Starbucks . Gave hugs and set off..

 

Quite amazing really as we only knew each other from our blogs.

We didn't stop chatting :-)

So wonderful that we hit it off , straight away , like we have met before.

 

 

Here we both are at the

Admiralty  Arch gates on The Mall,

this is on our return to Victoria, having walked

miles , I think Paulita said 7 miles.

 

IF YOU CLICK ON THE SQUARE IN THE TOP
RIGHT HAND CORNER IT ENLARGES THE MAP AND
GIVES THE NAMES OF THE PLACES.
 

The code for the above map is :-

 

RED is where we started and ended our day , PURPLE  is where we walked to

and visited and YELLOW is where we had a delicious lunch and shared Vino ♥

 

I will share some more photos on my next post.

 

Just want to say

 

SO HAPPY THAT WE MET UP

 

HUGE BIG THANK YOU TO PAULITA AND EARL

 

IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.

 

♥♥♥♥♥

 

 


 

Our day out in London started at .....

 

 

 MONUMENT
 

 

 

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a Doric column in the City of London, near the northern end of London Bridge, that commemorates the Great Fire of London.
It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft (62 m) tall and 202 ft (62 m) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666.

 

Whilst googling, I came across a blog post all about this area ..

 The blog is called A London Inheritance Very interesting for

those that love London and it's history.

 

I love the architectural difference between

the old and the new.

 



Skanska developed and constructed The Monument Building,

in the heart of the city of London.

 It creates a stunning backdrop to The Monument,

the famous landmark that commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666.

 

 

One of the striking features is the twisting fins on its south side,

which are made in Italy from anodised aluminium.

The 69 fins create a signature pattern and

are designed to let in as much natural light as possible,

while shading the building from heat gain.

Old and New

The church below is

St Mary Abchurch

Which  is  Church of England,  off Cannon Street in the City of London.
Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is first mentioned in 1198–1199.
The medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666,
 and replaced by the present building.

We did try and get in but lots of building work going on.

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this little piece of London history.

Jennifer and I had a great time . Still more to come.

 

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Little Montage - Another little courtyard in Paris ..

Linda knows some wonderful little places ..

 

Yep I am still sharing my July trip ,

 

Wonder who  lives behind this door?

Inside this little doorway is a hairdresser/beauty place :-)

Wouldn't it be fab to have your own little
apartment tucked away in Paris somewhere??

BIG THANK YOU

TO

LINDA

Family life comes first ,

and I have had problems with

my computer ,,
but I know that you understand
and love seeing my photos no matter
when they were taken ♥