Our trip to London this year was to attend our son's graduation at Imperial College London. We spent our time in London with leisure walkabouts since we are so acquainted with London. Our emphasize now is looking for the best food. We wanted to complete our visit to Florence, Pisa and Venice as there are many places which we did not see on our first visit. We also visited Milan, Siena and Padua. We then took a day trip to Oxford and a driving tour of the Cotswolds.
Day 1
Arrived in Heathrow 7.45 am
Premier Inn
Kensington High Street
Lunch at the Crypt
Trafalgar Square
Leicester Square
M & M's World London
Piccadilly Circus
Hamleys of London
Liberty London
The Disney Store
Dinner at Five Guys
Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel
Tate Britain
Thames River Cruise
Tower Bridge
Lunch at Toff's
Tottenham Hale
Sherlock Holmes' home
Wellcome Collection
Dinner at Murger Han
Phantom of the Opera
Day 3
Breakfast at Wondertree in Gatwick Airport
FLORENCE
Mercure Firenze Centro
Lunch at Caffe Alinari
Uffizi Gallery
Ponte Vecchio
Bistecca alla Fiorentina at Braciere Malatesta
Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Opera del Duomo Museum
Palazzo Vecchio
Piazza della Signoria
The Loggia dei Lanzi
Santa Croce
Lunch at Oinos Ristorante
Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore
Santa Reparata
Cappelle Medicee
San Lorenzo
Mercato Centrale
San Miniato al Monte
Piazzale Michelangelo
Dinner at Osteria La Scala
Day 5
Breakfast at the hotel
Santissima Annunziata
Galleria dell Accademia
Orsanmichele
Lunch at Gianino in San Lorenzo
Santa Maria Novella
To PISA by train
Square of Miracles
Back to Florence
Dinner at Trattoria La Burrasca
Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel
To MILAN by train
Duomo di Milano
Lunch at Il Cenacolo
Santa Maria delle Grazie
The Last Supper
San Satiro
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
Tea at Cracco
Back to Florence
Dinner at Trattoria Antellesi
Day 7
Breakfast at the hotel
To SIENA by train
Piazza del Campo
Duomo di Siena
Gate of Heaven
Museo dell' Opera del Duomo
Lunch at Ristorante San Desiderio
Cripta del Duomo
Baptistery San Giovanni
Palazzo Pubblico
Back to Florence
Dinner at Trattoria ZaZa
Day 8
Breakfast at the hotel
Train to VENICE
Hotel Abbazia
San Simeone Piccolo
Santa Maria Gloriosa del Frari
Rialto Bridge
Lunch at Ristorante Riva del Vin
Burano
Torcello
Murano
Dinner at Ristorante Roma
Day 9
Breakfast at the hotel
St Mary of Nazareth Church (Church of Scalzi)
Piazza San Marco
Lunch at Ristorante Birreria Pedavena
Train to PADUA
Cappella degli Scrovegni
Museo Civico Erimitani
Basilica St Antonio
Back to Venice
Tea at Ristorante da Nina
Gondola ride
Back to Florence
Dinner at Giannino in San Lorenzo
Day 10
Breakfast at the hotel
Florence American Cemetery
Lunch at the airport
Flight back to London
Dinner at Courtfield
Barbican
Day 11
Train to OXFORD
Christ Church
Carfax Tower
St Michael at the North Gate
St Mary Magdalen Church
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Martyrs' Memorial
The Ashmolean Museum
Balliol College
Bridge of Sighs
Lunch at Tuff Tavern
New College
Sheldonian Theatre
Racliffe Centre
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Exeter College
Merton College
Corpus Christi College
Oriel College
All Souls College
Divinity School
Bodleian Library
Blackwell's Bookshop
Tea at the University Church of St Mary
Magdalen College
Back to London
Dinner at Blackbird
Day 12
Breakfast at Paul's
Kensington High Street
Lunch in Lincoln's Inn
King's College London
Afternoon Tea at Harrods
Window shopping in Harrods
Dinner at the Roast
London Bridge
Day 13
Imperial College London Graduation Day
Royal Albert Hall
Albert Memorial
Lunch at Blackbird
Shrek's Adventure
The National Covid Memorial Wall
Palace of Westminster
Tea at Brother Marcus
Dinner at Hawksmoor in Covent Garden
Day 14
COTSWOLDS
Train to CHIPPENHAM
Lidl
Lunch at the Vine Tree Inn Norton
MALMESBURY
Bremilham Church
Malmesbury Abbey
Tetbury Hill Cemetery
CIRENCESTER
Church of St John the Baptist
Tea at Lynwood & Co
BIBURY
Arlington Row Cottages
St Mary the Virgin
SWINBROOK
The Swan Inn
Day 15
Breakfast at the inn
BURFORD
St Mary's Church
Church of St John the Baptist
BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER
SNOWSHILL
St Barnabas Church
CHIPPING CAMPDEN
The Public Convenience
Church of St James
Market cross
STOW-ON-THE-WOLD
Tea at Old Bakery Tearoom
St Edward's Church
MORETON-IN-MARSH
Redesdale Arms
Day 16
BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER
River Windrush
The Model Village
CASTLE COMBE
Market Cross
St Andrew's Church
Lunch at the Castle Inn
LACOCK
Lacock Abbey
Fox Talbot Museum
St Cyriac's Church
Horace Slughorn's house
Train back to London
Dinner at Burger & Lobster
Day 17
To Heathrow Airport
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