Remember Remember the Fifth of November... at Royal Albert Hall!

We will definitely remember the 5th of November!  We went to the Imogen Heap concert at Royal Albert Hall.  The theater is so beautiful and very huge inside!  We love watching Imogen live, but enjoying her show at such a breath-taking venue in her hometown made it such a memorable experience!  She also debuted the "Love the Earth" nature film project she has been working on accompanied by an orchestra piece she composed.

After the Orchestra played, Imogen followed with her usual concert, which was as fantastic as always!  We had a great night at Royal Albert Hall!  We also saw fireworks all weekend for Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, and even in the rain you could smell the burning of the festivities in most of the neighborhoods we walked through on our way home.

~Mr. Bear

Happy Halloween from London!

Started the day with a Sherlock Holmes tour.

Next stop was Tower of London... Great for spooky tales of imprisonment and executions!

We stopped by the Tower Bridge and made it in time for the last tour of the day.  We went up high into the top of the bridge for an amazing view and also got to see the engine room that operates the bridge.

We saw so many people dressed in costumes today, and found a Haunted House underneath the London Bridge.  The scary men said they would execute the bear if we didn't go in... so of course for the sake of my own life, I had to risk my life and go through "the tombs of London"

We finished the night with some dinner at The George, a pub that William Shakespeare frequented and Charles Dickens wrote about.  We had quite an adventure this Halloween!

~Mr. Bear

London Waterloo and more!

Went to the train station at London Waterloo to start the day... so much to see!

Shared a meat pasty at the London Eye.

Walked past Big Ben across the bridge and then to Westminster Abbey... Beautiful!

Met a horse on the way to Trafalgar Square.

 Finished the evening with a trip to Piccadilly Circus which was lit up with fair attractions and an artist market... we will have to go back when we have more time to see everything.

~Mr. Bear

Kingston and Richmond

Showed JR around our neighborhood in Kingston on Wednesday.  Then Thursday evening he met us in Richmond at the office so we could all go out to The White Cross pub for dinner.  The leaves are beautiful here and we walked through the Richmond Green just in time for sunset.

Richmond Green

Back to the UK!

Flew back to London today... arriving as a very tired bear.  JR is joining us for this trip, so we will have to show him around town!

Sunrise from plane

Flying over Ireland

The Bags are packed, We're ready to go

Getting ready to get back on the plane home... it's been a great 3 weeks of exploring London, and I will be back for 4 more after a short break.  After I am back home in my own bed, for the next 48 hours I will be in hibernation mode!

Here are some photos from the past week to tide you over until next time! :)

Water? You have a decision to make.

Angus has a cousin in London!

Hard at work at the office

Permanently??

Flying in Style!

Thanks for following my travels... Til next time!

~Mr. Bear