Rule Britannia!

A day of soaking up british pride and british traditions!
Dear Nick left for Lyon, and Fernando and me for the Docklands.
10 am weather report: slight drizzle
The rain made us reconsider the choice of the day, and opt for the Britsh museum instead. On arrival we found the weather to have changed for the better.
10:30 am: few clouds, glimpses of sun
"London doesn't have a climate, London has a weather!" Whoever had first said or thought that, he/she was sooo right!
On to the Tower and St Katharine's wharf, then. Habours, yachts, modern buildings to get lost in between - nothing much I liked.
12 am weather report: no sun, slight drizzle
Gosh! Greenwich and the pie and mash shop we found on friday instead of walking alongside the river Thames then. We crossed the famous and spectacular Tower Bridge and took the bus to our lunch.
Ahhhh - steak and kidney pie again after soo many years of missing it! Plus peas to go with it, and a nice cuppa. Fernando had shepherd's pie and rhubarb crumble with mustard for afters. He could hardly manage. Rare occasion.
Goddard's Pie Shop" definitely is a place to remember, and enjoy british traditional food!
Across the road "The Spanish Galleon" attracted us, serving beer from the first british brewery. Nice and cozy inside it was, and it better had been, because of the weather outside.
13 am weather report: nice steady rain
Getting better every second. More rain. On to the Royal Navy College and the National Maritime Museum to enjoy another important part of british tradition. Navy and markets. So british!
The beautiful ensemble of the buildings called Maritime Greenwich is world heritage. Hey! I've found it again! World heritage! :-)
Walking through the rain with my sandals didn't improve them. Actually I slipped, and they bust. Back in Islington I went to the shoemender across the road. Wow!!!! He's THE shoemender of Arsenal London! Pictures of all the soccer players all over the place. Special thanks, souvenirs, the lot. And this famous man mended my shoes! I was so proud. And then he never even asked to be paid for it. Awwwwwww!!!
By the way I wonder what it is about these shoes and shoemenders. They never want to be paid for the mending, neither in Vigo nor in Islington. Weird...
That was my last day in London. Today on by coach to Brussels and then Grimbergen and Thorgal from HC. I'll miss all the best soccer matches. :-)