Day 17 London

 Another day by myself.  I dont complaining.  I love being with my friends, but I also appreciate to just be free in London.  

Chantal and Raymond went to visit Battersea Power Station.  They find it quite impressive, especially the way they managed to preserve the original structure.

 

 

After that visit, they went to the National Gallery.  Chantal was interested to see the impressionnists.

Of course they saw the portaits of The King and the Queen.

Trafalgar was very crowdy on the saturday afternoon.  There was several groups of dancers and protesters, in addition to the many tourists. Trafalgar is always so lively !

 

Anne and Alex went to see Sir John Soane Museum, who was a great architect in London. 

   

They didn't go home for dinner. They went to a country evening at the crypt of St. Martin-in-the-Field.

As for me, I wanted to see Mr. Bean statue in Leicester Square, so there I went.  But the square was close for a private event.  I was able to see the statue from a distance.  We also can see mary Poppins, Paddington, Harry Potter, Charlie Chaplin and many others.

I walked by the Chineese quarter to go at Foyle for the lunch.  Foyle is a big bookstore in London.  I bought a book about the Beatles.  yes, another one.  These are interviews with many people who were closely or loosely connected with the Beatles.  Interesting !  

 

I had a light lunch there before heading to Soho Square, where MPL is located.  MPL is the office of Paul McCartney.  I think he wasn't there.  But the Square was full of people.

 

On my way, near Leicester Square, I saw several very beautiful buildings.