{"id":5723,"date":"2011-07-04T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2011-07-04T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T17:00:33","slug":"mom-and-my-uk-adventure-pt-14-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5723","title":{"rendered":"Mom and my UK adventure &#8211; pt 14 &#8211; London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long day with several stops along the way, we finally made it to London.  It was already late in the afternoon.  Even so, we wanted to bring mom in and let her see some sites. Being we were staying on the outskirts, we took a couple tubes in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5742\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5742\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5742\" title=\"UK-London-1-01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-01.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-01-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_5741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 445px;\"> <\/dl>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_5728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 445px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5742\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5728\" title=\"UK-London-1-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-16.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-16-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derry explaining the tube system.<\/p><\/div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_5741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 445px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5741\" title=\"UK-London-1-02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-02.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-02-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl id=\"attachment_5741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 445px;\"> <\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5727\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5727\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5727\" title=\"UK-London-1-17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-17.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-17-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mom is settling in well to riding the tube.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mom had no idea where we were heading.  When the Westminster stop was  finally announced, we started talking over the announcement &#8230; &#8220;Exit  here for House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey &#8230;&#8221; so that she didn&#8217;t  hear any of it. Once we exited the station, and mom looked up, she was stood still in absolute disbelief.\u00a0 Her head looked upwards, her mouth dropped, and she kept saying, &#8220;Oh my God, Oh my God. that&#8217;s the Big Ben. Oh my God.&#8221;\u00a0 :)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5740\" title=\"UK-London-1-03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-03.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-03-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5739\" title=\"UK-London-1-04\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-04.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-04-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5738\" title=\"UK-London-1-05\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-05.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-05-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5737\" title=\"UK-London-1-06\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-06.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-06-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Derry was great with mom, often walking her around as she looked at everything in disbelief.\u00a0 We went to Westminster Cathedral.\u00a0 At that point it started to rain.\u00a0 Mom was fine with the rain saying she was in England, she was expecting it to rain.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a quick shower and the skies started to clear.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5736\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5736\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5736\" title=\"UK-London-1-07\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-07.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-07-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derry walking mom around.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5735\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5735\" title=\"UK-London-1-08\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-08.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-08-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5734\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5734\" title=\"UK-London-1-09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-09.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-09-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5733\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5733\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5733\" title=\"UK-London-1-10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-10.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-10-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mom sure looks happy! <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5729\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5729\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5729 \" title=\"UK-London-1-15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-15.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-15-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">   <\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5732 alignleft\" title=\"UK-London-1-12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-12.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-12-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5731 alignleft\" title=\"UK-London-1-13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-13.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-1-13-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long day with several stops along the way, we finally made it to London. It was already late in the afternoon. Even so, we wanted to bring mom in and let her see some sites. Being we were staying on the outskirts, we took a couple tubes in. Mom had no idea where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5723"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}