Denise was in heaven.
We found Stack and Still, Pancake Pioneers, on our walk to meeting spot for our tour. Denise tells me that its a GF place....Im thinking, no worries, almost all breakfast places have eggs......Nope. This place was not all GF but had GF pancakes......and nothing but pancakes. Anyone who knows me knows....I have not touched a pancake since I was 10. If you have a certain alcohol that you can no longer smell due to too much at some point in your life.....that is me with pancakes....the look and the small make we want to gack. But since Denise has for years taken one for the team regarding menus....I decide to order a dish...worse case I could leave the pancake on the side. I had one pancake stacked with bacon, sausage, hash browns, baked beans and a fried egg. It was 5 inches tall.....it was delicious!!! Of course Denise got the pancakes that were topped with Reece's peanut butter cups, chocolate syrup, apple strudel topping and caramel....just a bit of sugar!
We had the best tour of the vacation today. It was a walking tour of Westminster....which is not London we are told.....seeing all the major sites. We ended at Westminister Abbey, where Denise and I took the audio walking tour inside this magnificent building. Our walking tour guide, Thora, was originally from Denmark, but she sounded just like a brit. No surprise she was a theater major with how this small girl could project her voice over the city noise. Her breaking out into song also confirmed the theater background!
Durning the tour we saw Buckingham Palace, the changing of the guard. St James Palace, Trafalgar Square, Queen Victoria Fountain, the door on Downing street, the mounted guards and the horses and The Mall (Mel), a one mile road that led to Buckingham Palace....a tree lined beautiful walking path. We also saw the best thing in my opinion....Big Ben. It is a magnificent piece of architecture.
5 hours of touring.....thank god for the pancakes....but my feet were killing me and I need some self medication.....so we stopped at a little English pub for a beer.....or two. Denise had a coffee and we sat at the bar chatting up Jack, our bartender. Denise asked where in London she could get GF fish and chips and luckily for us....his place served it. Not only did he know all about GF....he even informed us that they have a separate fryer! We told him we will be back and with my mild afternoon buzz, we headed off to China town.
I have been to many cities China towns....London's is the cleanest. Mostly restaurants. The streets are all decorated with paper ornaments criss-crossing the streets. Its a 3-5 block area, worth the walk.
Went back to have dinner at the Old Shades and it did not disappoint. Denise got her fish and chips I got the chicken/ham pie. Denise absolutely loved it....It was huge....but we have been training for the past 3 weeks so she gobbled it down without a problem.
We put in over 20k of steps today....thats a lot of walking
London is beautiful....great city...once you get out of the slum we drove through!! Lots of history and interesting facts. It reminds me of NYC.....without all the dirt and smells.
Lastly, on our walk back I had to get donut from this little crazy donut shop....should not of done that right before bed....ugh
One other thing....what's up with Men's shops and barber shops. There are so many suit stores here.....not like on the states anymore....and there is a barber shop on every corner....I do not mean a hair salon....nope..... barber shops for men.
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