Day Five - Friday - Bridges

Friday, and an easy lazy morning at Shelly's. We stayed up late last night so a late start today.

Very windy again today, and no rain.

This morning Ria texted us and told us that Nick was throwing up at night each night, although he has been having good potties. We were really concerned because Nick never throws up. We were concerned there may still be a piece of the plastic in his stomach. We emailed the vet, it is only 7 AM ET, and they open at 8. Ria took Nick into the vet and later told us the vet wanted to keep Nick and run some tests.

We got out of the house close to noon and picked up a train at Woking and into Waterloo. We headed over to see Tower Bridge. Mark has always wanted to see it. The bridge is one of the world's most famous bridges and it is quite a tourist attraction. We really enjoyed the tour. You get to walk across both of the top towers and go into the engine room which drives the bridge mechanisms. In the top towers they have a portion of the floor that is glass. It is made of 6 layers of glass, a total of about 3 1/2 inches. A guide told us each glass panel will hold 5 tons.

After the bridge we headed over to Kym's Chinese food. On the way Dr Anne Marie Moir called us and gave us a full report on Nicky. She had taken X-Rays and done a full examination. There is no evidence of any blockage and he looks just fine. She thinks the vomiting is due to stomach inflammation from the plastic ball. She sent him home with some nausea meds and something to ease the stomach.

We arrived at Kym's at 2:40, and thought we would get some lunch. Their website states they close lunch at 15:00. The greeter told us that the kitchen had already closed at 14:30. He refused to seat us, even for soup. Pat decided she did not like the look of the place anyway. It was very European style, not old lady Chinese.

We left and decided to go to walk over the Millennium Pedestrian Bridge and go to the Tate Modern museum. Shelly told us they have a great observation area to get a bite to eat and drink. The Millennium Bridge is a beautiful piece of architecture. Walking over the bridge was fun because it was so windy. They had barriers put in place the length of the bridge keeping pedestrians on the upward side of the bridge. Evidently they did not want people against the downward side of the bridge for fear of them being blown over. The sides of the bridge are not very high and with the wind I could see how someone could be blown off.

We walked across the Thames 5 times today. :-) Four times on Tower Bridge and once across Millennium Bridge.

The Tate Modern museum is a very large building, apparently an old factory building. It is two towers, one about 6 stories and one about 10 stories. We went to the restaurant and bar on the 6th floor of the shorter building. We were able to get a nice table right against a window looking across the Thames river at St Paul's cathedral. And of course the entire London skyline in both directions. We shared a hamburger and American style fries.

After we ate and sat and enjoyed the view for a while, we decided to go to Harrod's and get Pat the Shalimar perfume. We followed City Mapper as we have been doing pretty much this whole trip. We made it to Harrods with no issue. Harrods is a beautiful store. We went up the Egyptian escalator, Fabulous!

We took the train back and picked up some bell peppers and onion and made white chicken chili at Shelly's. Very Good!