Bought an Airport-limousine ticket to Haneda on the Internet. Checked belongings
May 15 (Wed) Departed Toko-Hanedae Airport
Took Airport limousine Shakujii-kouen→Haneda (8:30→10:35).
Flew from Haneda to Honkong by CX549
(as scheduled 16:25→20:00).
At Haneda, bought GBP 300 cash. Felt dizzy when arrived at Honkong Airport, as pasting Nicotinel Pad forgotten. Lost coincase in the plane. Foods served in the plane was very good.
May 16 (Thu) Arrived at Harpenden
Flew from Honkong to
Heathrow by CX255 (23:15→06:20).
Took Airport Bus Route 724 to St Albans (9:33→11:33).
Driven by Simon Ross-Murphy
to Harpenden
The Silver Cup.
At Heathrow Airport, arrived at Terminal 3. For the sim-free mobile phone, Motorola g13, bought and installed a SIM-card at "SIM Local" phone shop. Successfully contacted Simon Ross-Murphy. It was raining. The Bus ran smoothly. Picked up by Simon at the Albans Bus Stop at the train station and driven to The Silver Cup Inn. The room was on the second floor (level 3) with no lift. After a short rest, went to Simon's House, met Karolyn and had a tea. At the hotel, lay down on the bed but could not sleep. Ate foods with tea and milk presented by Karolyn. The Silver Cup was a terrible hotel, as in my comments sent to the Agoda's page, as: "Not a Bed & Breakfast! I had thought it was a B & B but it wasn't. You have to provide food and drinks yourself for your breakfast. Even worse than that is that no staff stays in the inn from 11pm to 9am. In case of emergency, you need to call the police yourself, You must call a taxi yourself when necessary."
The Ross-Murphy's house, The Silver Cup
(Left) Simon and Karolyn at the terrace behind their house. _
(Right) The front view of The Silver Cup.
May 17 (Fry) London sightseeing
Harpenden→Blackfriars
Blackfriars→Embankment
Walked to Cleopatra's
Needle/Sphinx, Southwark, Nelson's Column, Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus→Knightsbridge
Harrods
Knightsbridge→Green
Park
Green Park→Oxford Circus
Liberty
Oxford→King's Cross
King's Cross→
St Pancras
St Pancras
International→Harpenden
The Silver Cup.
The rain stopped. Walked to the station. The British Rail was not as bad as Simon criticized and delayed only up to ten minutes. In London, went around the spots as planned, except the Banksy's Girl with a Balloon behind the National Theatre at Southwark which was said to have been removed a couple months ago, according to a passer-by, graphic designer, who talked to me in Japanese. Besides the Green Park Station, I thought fossils could be found in many constructions but it wan not, unlike in Japan where a lot of Italian marble were imported. Lunch at Crazy Pizza with a side menu and bottled drink was a little too heavy. At Harrods, bought a coin case for the bulky British coins. At Liberty, bought some tote bags for souvenir.
(Left) The walk route.
(Mddle) The statue of Sphynx.
(Right) Creopatra's Needle viewed from the Waterloo Bridge.
(Left) The National Theatre at Southwark.
(Right) Banksy's Girl with a balloon (used to be behind the National Theatre. From Wilipedia).
(Left) The view of City from the Southbank. The Waterloo Bridge on the right.
(Mddle) The view of City from the Southbank. The Golden Jubelee Bridge on the left.
(Right) A north view from the north side foot of Golden Jubelee Bridge.
(Left) Trafalgar Square.
(Mddle) Nelson's Column.
(Right) Guards Crimean War Memorial, Florence Nightingale with lamp statue (left) and Lord Sidney Herbert Statue (right) at Waterloo Place.
(Left) Approach to the Piccadily Circus through Regent Street St James's.
(Middle) Piccadily Circus,
(Right) The Statue of Eros.
Lunch at Crazy Pizza in front of Harrods.
(Left) Underground: Knight Bridge to Green Park to Oxford Circus.
(Middle) Green Park Station, pillars and walls constructed all over with limestone.
(Right) Close up of fossils,
