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Jeremy left early on Sunday morning to take a train.



He was going to play British baseball (cricket) in London . We also left for London after breakfast.



After 20km’s ride (random fact:  the circumference of the Earth in kilometers is 40075 km),


 we felt like we were back to New Zealand.



We came across a fellow cyclist walking his bike.

He must have forgotten to bring the tools to fix a flat tire.  We still have 100 or so patches we bought in Turkey so I helped him patch the tire free.

Last night I took a picture of the map from Brighton to London in the website. It’s very helpful. We arrived at Mirjam’s place at 9pm without getting lost. 

“Is everything OK?” Mirjam and Mark warmly welcomed us.

“Everything is fine except that we had a flat tire twice and there’s heavy rain before we got here.”

Mirjam is from Germany and Mark is from New Zealand . They both love traveling. They once rented a car to travel around Africa .  They slept in the roadside after dark.   After dawn, Mark was awakened by an engine noise and saw a truck narrowly drive past him. It turned out Mark was actually sleeping on the road.

So rain and flat tires are really not big deals compared with Mark’s experience. 



Finally we could have a nice rest tonight.



Mirjam was an English teacher and is now a full-time mom.



The first day in London , we went to see the London Olympic Games Museum construction site.



Yannik helped me with patching the inner tire after he came home from school.




We rode with Liam and Yannik along the canal to the Olympic Games Museum.





Today‘s trip was just a starter so that we could save some energy for later trips.






The little kid was tired, so let me pull him along. 

The actual adventure would be cycling around London city.

On the morning of September 13, we arrived downtown at the Tower Bridge after we pedaled about 10km.

London ’s living standard is higher than any other European countries we have been.  However, Yi was well prepared.





We made rice balls before taking off. We would like to celebrate our second anniversary of cycling around world as well as our third wedding anniversary with a simple meal.




Even though you may have limited money, if you try your best to reach the destination, regardless of the amount of money in your pocket, you will experience the same scenery. Let us use the least expensive way (on foot) to introduce you to one of the world's most expensive cities--- Downtown London .



We stood outside the gift shop to take pictures of the bus routes, thus we could follow the route to tour the whole city.  Next time, we should take pictures of the taxi tour routes so that we can save more money.



London Bridge



Tower Bridge


Let us try a different angle for a different view



London Tower





Although the living expense is high, the admission is free for all kinds of museums. However, a tour map costs 1 pound.



Let’s start with Tate Modern.


In the art gallery,



we saw the artworks from the Cubist Picasso,




American artist Jackson Pollock



and also the latest Taiwanese artist :o)



London Eye



House of Parliament and Big Ben



Westminster Abbey (where the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011)






Hyde Park




The following day,


we visited Buckingham Palace



St. Paul's Cathedral



In the afternoon, we toured the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery.



The night before we left London ,


Yi went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients to prepare genuine Taiwan cuisine for us to enjoy.



Mirjam also made super delicious New Zealand desserts.

Kahina in France and Mirjam in UK have in fact never met each other.  Just an email friend-to-friend, Mirjam decided to take us in.  Because of the help among travelers, a stranger becomes a friend and the friendship passes on.



What miracle will happen next?

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