Who came from or spent time in London? We found a few likely suspects at Madame Tussauds, Sherlock Holmes address, Abbey Road and a special exhibit of James Bond vehicles.
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- Abbey Road Studios where the Beatles recorded from 1962 to 1970.
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- Abbey Road is still an active studio, currently under remodel. It has English Heritage status, though, so they can’t change it much.
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- Grooving up slowly at the zebra crossing in front of Abbey Road Studios.
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- The Beatles 1969 cover made this crosswalk a rock icon. It’s also a traffic nightmare for local cars to “Come Together” while tourists take photos!
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- 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes hangs his hat.
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- Camden Locks, a funky offbeat London neighborhood.
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- Chin Chin Labs makes ice cream frozen to order in minutes with billowing clouds of liquid nitrogen-generated steam.
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- Valrhona chocolate ice cream with cardomom and bee pollen honeycomb. Yup, Mike went for the vanilla.
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- Amy Winehouse was a Camden Locks local.
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- This octogenarian was blasting tunes and dancing in the street.
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- Usain Bolt, the fastest man alive, and the guy who showed him his trademark pose.
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- Audrey Hepburn and I having a little tea with our Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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- Thinking through some equations with Albert Einstein.
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- Chewbacca and I having a good hair day in the Millenium Falcon.
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- John Wayne was REALLY tall, and man enough to wear pink, too.
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- The Acrostar BD-5J jet from James Bond’s Octopussy.
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- Passports from James Bond’s various incarnations. Note the birthdays do NOT match!
Great to see you having a good time this side of the pond
It was a little fast and jet laggy, as we were on our way to France. We should have looked you up – sorry!!