Sunday, August 31, 2008

London Adventures Part II

Saturday morning dawned bright and early and we rushed to catch the 9 o'clock train to London. (We always seem to be rushing, even when we plan ahead).

We were going to explore the markets in Greenwich.

It was an easy trip to make...

We took a train from Farncombe Station to London Waterloo. From there were rode the Tube on the Jubilee line to Canary Wharf. Here we changed tube lines and rode the DLR line to Cutty Sark- our first destination of the day.

We enjoyed browsing the markets in Greenwich looking at the artist stalls and antiques. Madison got a first edition book signed by the author.

On our walk back to the station we enjoyed a treat of ice lollies. Here they have two scoop cones that are side by side- it is great!

We left Greenwich and returned to the DLR station and rode the tube back to Canary Wharf. From there it was back on the Jubilee Line to Green Park where we switched trains again and road the Piccadilly line to Covent Gardens. It was another market filled with stalls of bits and bobs. We then walked to Leicester Square and rode the tube (along the Northern Line) back to London Waterloo. From there we took the Jubliee Line to the London Bridge exit where we switched back to a regular train and went to East Cloydon. Upon arriving in East Cloydon we exited the station and road a tram to Ampere Way- our last destination for the day.

We wanted to visit the Ikea store (which is not as cool as the website).
We browsed around the shops- bought small suitcases for Germany and had another gourmet dinner of, you guessed it- McDonalds.

We returned to the tram station where we continued on the tram to Wimbledon. Here we took a train to Woking and changed trains for our final leg home.

Seems that we spent the majority of our day on the train, tube, and tram- we certainly got our moneys worth from our travel card.

Another adventure is done!