Arrival and British Library

We arrived yesterday, Monday, July 15, 2013 after a smooth flight from SFO. What a treat to have Anne waiting for us! She lead us to the right Tube station and we were soon on our way to our hotel. Our room at the Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel is going to be quite satisfactory. It's very small but at the back side of the hotel where it is quieter. We are in Room 613, the top floor of the hotel. The air conditioning works well! After a seafood dinner with Anne, I returned to the hotel and crashed for ten hours. Dave didn't sleep as well and was up and out for a walk at 5:00.

We spent a couple hours this morning at the British Library where Anne spends so much of her time. It is a big, modern building. We spent our time in the room with historical documents following a Rick Steve's audio tour on our iPhones.

Spent the afternoon with Anne first having a delicious lunch at Carluccio's in Brunswick Center in Bloomsbury and then walking along the Thames River on the south side, crossing the river on the Millenium Bridge and walking back on the north side, 6 1/2 miles according to Anne's walking app. It has been quite warm in London in the high 80's so we got pretty warm. This warm weather looks like it will continue into the weekend.

Couldn't resist these children going on an outing.

Low tech way to collect the garbage! No room on these narrow
congested streets for big garbage trucks.

The River Thames

Anne and Dave on the Millenium Bridge