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| London Tower |
Walked across the Towere Bridge and it was amazing. Then we strolled up the Thames to find the next Undersground station. We saw many interesting things and stopped in to get a pint of Stella at a really old pub: The Salty Nail, or something like that was the name.
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| London Tower Bridge |
The area was a little rough--lower working class, but probably not any worse than Washington St. in Clinton on a Saturday night. We had no idea if the piece would still be there since they usually get coverred or cleaned of. It was there and only mildly defaced--awesome!!! Thanks Cyndi for knowing about this.
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| Banksy Piece |
One the way back we decided to step into a pub and listen to the band playing. The locals in the pub gave us some funny looks, but after a few more pints of Stella I didn't care. We made a friend out in the smoking area and started buying rounds back and forth. The "band" was a woman and a man and they sounded great. The woman had an amazing voice and the guy played guitar very well while he ran sequencers and keyboards. It was very nice to see how the locals let loose. A few times the whole bar would sing along and everyone would be dancing. Our new friend (Terry) told us that this was one of the only bars that has live music. Very cool to experience.
On our way back to the Underground station we witnessed a good old London street brawl. When we arrived at the station a man outside was telling people it was closed for some reason. So, we had to figure out the bus system to get back. Well, we got lost and ended up packed on a bus that headed way out to the suburbs of London. We found ourselves standing in Stratford at 2am trying to figure out how to get back. Thankfully a bus driver helped us and let us transfer our ticket.
The hotel room was a welcomed sight when we got back about 3am. Great day in London.
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