Day 8: Sep. 11, 2018 - Tower Bridge & The South Bank

We greet the day and we are feeling good! We decide today is a good day for a trip to the Tower Bridge and the South Bank of the Thames. We head for the Underground and a very short time later find ourselves trying to figure out what direction we are facing as we emerge from the Tower Hill Station. Ah! We see the Tower and know that the Thames is just opposite.

The Tower of London

The City Walk we are taking goes to the St. Katharine’s Docks, just east of here. As we make our way towards it, we see Tower Bridge:

We walk down to dock area. This used to be working docklands for London, but got pretty plastered during WWII. It was rebuilt as a luxury yacht marina.

We enjoy the stroll through the docks, then ascend the bridge and head to the south bank. (We skip the Tower proper as we will be doing that with our kids next week, maybe.) We cross the bridge and then head west along the river. We stop at a gallery which appears to be a former warehouse that is now a mall. The central area is open, but covered. For lunch, we go French at Café Rouge. We share the Beetroot Tatin and we each get a steak and frites. The steak is a little tough, but tasty.

We get back to the river and continue walking West until we come to the Globe. We pick up our tickets at Will Call (we are seeing Othello a week from Friday).

Back at the River, we enjoy the views of the newer buildings in The City.

That's the 20 Penchurch Building that looks a little like a sore thumb, and the Gherkin with the pointy top. We end our walk by crossing the Millennium Bridge and get a nice view of St. Paul's.

St. Pauls' from the Millennium Bridge

We take the Underground home where we rest up before dinner. We dine locally, at Brown Rice, a Thai Buffet. Very Yummy. Another wonderful day.