We finally had one of those bad days on the tube you

hear about so often the last Sunday in July.  We had

planned to take another guided walking tour around

the famous square mile of ancient Roman London

and needed to meet the guide at 10:30.  We gave ourselves

plenty of time, but there were switching problems

at one of the stations on the route and it brought

our train to a complete stand still for about 20

minutes.  Needless to say we were late and completely

missed the group.   But, since it was near by, we decided

to climb the stairs of the Monument built by Christopher

Wren to commemorate the great fire in 1666.  Everything

associated w/ Wren seems to have hundreds of stairs

up a narrow winding staircase!  I think it was about

300 and some this time and another nice view at the top!

The monument isn't on the orginal location, but about

200 yards away from the site on Pudding Lane.  There's a 

photo of Marisa doing part of stop, drop and roll out in front

of the building on Pudding Lane where the exact spot is.

Always having a back up plan, we decided to then go up

to Camden Town for the market and walk along the

Lock to Regents Park.  Camden is where Punk lives on

and just about everyone has purple hair!  Pretty wild

stuff.  The three of us Eastsiders kinda stuck out a little!

After lunch and a little shopping, we walked along the

lock, which is home to hundreds of house boats.  It's

a beautiful walk and is lined with some of London's

most elegant (and expensive) homes.  We came across

the Warrick Avenue Tube Station, and being huge

Duffy fans, Marisa and I had to get our picture outside

of it.  And being extremely tired from all that walking

and climbing, we decided to just take it home to 

Gloucester Rd and skip the park!