The Schultes must have really wanted to meet you since they flew all the way from Chicago to see you for the first time. We could not have been happier to see your mummy's close family friends and show them a good time in London. Dr. Schulte was very happy to just sit back and have a good time in London with us while seeing some sites. They were such easy visitors to have around and part of the time they were here overlapped with The Godfather, Andrew Wilson. What a fun week so enjoy the pictures!
Love,
Daddy
Riding the underground tube transportation is a must for anyone visiting London.....as well as the double decker buses!!!
Part of the time the Schultes were here they took tours to Bath, Stonehenge and Windsor Castle. Since we had already visited those sites, we decided to hold off on seeing them again, but they were all amazing places to go and see.
Kate did end up attending a London bike tour with the Schultes, which took a small group of them all throughout London. This was such a quick and easy way of navigating the city and seeing all of the major local tourist attractions. I wasn't able to go on the ride since I was helping to watch Grace at home, but I heard that it was so much fun.
30 St Mary Axe, the Swiss Re Building (colloquially referred to as the Gherkin), is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened at the end of May 2004. With 40 floors, the tower is 180 metres (591 ft) tall, and stands on the former site of the Baltic Exchange building, which was severely damaged on 10 April 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA.
The Lloyds building in London, which was specifically designed to have all of the duct work and elevators on the exterior of the building. Quite a few of these unique business buildings are located in the Bank business district.
A trip to London isn't complete without a picture in front of Tower Bridge next to the Tower of London.
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction, of the 1614 building, was founded by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker and built approximately 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre. The theatre was opened to the public in 1997, with a production of Henry V. The site also includes a reconstruction of the Blackfriars Theatre.
Harry Potter fans will remember the bridge below.The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the CityLondoners nicknamed the bridge the "Wobbly Bridge" after participants in a charity walk on behalf of Save the Children to open the bridge felt an unexpected, and, for some, uncomfortable, swaying motion on the first two days after the bridge opened. The bridge was closed later that day, and after two days of limited access the bridge was closed for almost two years while modifications were made to eliminate the wobble entirely. It was reopened in 2002.
We ended the fun week by hanging out in some of the local parks, gardens and of course Covent Garden. This is an area where a lot of shops, shows, restaurants and nightlife is located.
A big thank you to the Schultes for coming over to visit us for the week and letting us have fun with them around London. We'll see you all soon enough for Libbie and Matt's wedding in November!
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