Last night was much easier than the night before with enough room to move around without waking each other.  

We had both breakfast and lunch in the hotel.  Breakfast is included in the room rate, and we were right in front of the hotel when we were out looking for a good, neighborhood lunch spot so we decided to try the restaurant adjacent to the hotel.  I received a discount coupon for it when we checked in.  Food was fine, and we sat at a table by the window with a view of Hyde Park and all the entertaining foot and wheeled traffic going by.

In the morning, we crossed Bayswater Road from the hotel and entered the park through the Black Lion Gate.  We strolled for a while, people watching again.  London is such a diverse city with all kinds of people to see.  

This evening, we took the tube to the Lamb and Flag pub for dinner.  When we worked our way through the crowd outside to get inside, we looked around as we have been doing at each pub or restaurant not seeing anyone to ask about our reservation.  A woman at one of the first tables said they were leaving, and we could have their seats.  I told her that we were there for dinner, not just drinks, so I didn’t think it was the right place for us.  People around had only drinks on tiny tables.  She told me that we should go upstairs for a table.  That helped a lot.  We’ve had helpful people point us in the right direction several times on this trip.  So nice.  The pub is one of the oldest in London and was supposedly frequented by Charles Dickens since he lived and worked nearby.  We did not run into his ghost, but we did have fish and chips that were really good.  While we were there, one small family came in and looked like they were trick-or-treating.  The bartender gave the little girl something that looked like candy that she then tore open and nibbled on.  

After dinner, we walked to the Aldwych Theatre to see “Tina: the Tina Turner Musical.”  I liked the show a lot although it was so difficult to see what a hard life she had.  It’s been well-known that Ike mistreated her, but her own mother treated her worse than a red-headed stepchild.  So sad.  The last scenes of the musical at her Las Vegas show were great so it ended on an up beat.  The audience members were on their feet energetically clapping and dancing.  

After the show, we walked back to the Holbrook tube station to take the Central line back to the Queensway station.  This station is right around the corner from the entrance to the Hilton.  Lots and lots of people were out walking near the theatre and near the hotel.  The tube had quite a few people on it, but I wouldn’t call it busy.