Places we have been (an update)

The following are the places that we have been together since 2001

2001
June Beijing, Chengde & Tianjin

2002
May Shanghai

2003
Sept France (Paris, Normandy & Brittany)

2004
June Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice & Pisa)
July Perth
Dec Kunming

2005
May Yangon
Oct Greece (Athens & Mainland)
Nov Bangkok

2006
March Siem Reap
May Tioman Island
June Japan (Tokyo & Osaka)
August Club Med, Bintan Island
Sept Melaka
Oct Russia (Moscow & St Petersburg)

2007
May Turkey
Oct Kuala Lumpur
Nov Egypt (Cairo, Luxor & Aswan)

2008
May Desaru
June Sentosa Island
Nov Prague & Budapest
Dec Hong Kong

2009
April Sedili
Sept Xian
Nov South Korea
Dec Taiwan

2010
Sept Kunming, Dali, Lijiang & Shangrila
Nov Gold Coast & Sydney

2011
August Solo & Jogjakarta
Sept Penang
Dec Hanoi

2012
April Jordan
August Silk Road, China
Nov London & Cambridge

2013
August London  & Italy (Rome, Assisi, Orvieto, Pompeii, Naples & Sorrento)

2014
June Tokyo & Nikko

2015
June Athens, Mykonos  & Santorini
September London & Exeter

2017
Jan Paris, London, Shrewsbury & Liverpool
August Osaka & Kyoto

London Bridge

We took the tube from here back to our hotel to collect our luggage then to Heathrow for our flight home.

Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral is the oldest cathedral church building in London. The present Gothic was built between 1220 and 1420 and the nave is a 19th century reconstruction.

 William Shakespeare

The Harvard Chapel

Commemorating John Harvard, founder of the university

He was born in Southwark before moving to New England

The Nonsuch Chest

regarded as one of the finest  of its kind in England

Unknown wooden effigy of a Knight dating back to 1280

The Humble Monument

depicting Richard Humble with his two wives

(not so humble after all)

Tomb of Bishop Lancelot Andrewes

Monument to Edward Talbot

former Bishop of Southwark Cathedral

The High Altar Screen

The remaining bosses from the 15th century nave

Tomb of Gower

English poet

(1330-1408)

Roast - Deliciously British

We have planned to come here for the Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding after watching Andrew Zimmern's Delicious Destinations London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W8fg7anWuw&t=7s The place is easy to find as it is just above the Borough Market.

Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding