Bakerloo line to Oxford Circus, Central Line to St Paul’s and we are ready to tour the cathedral.  There has been a church in this location since the year 604.  The present cathedral was built after the fire of 1666. We weren’t allowed to take pictures in the cathedral.  I may post some drawings later.

When we came out, we were hungry, so we walked across the Millennium Bridge to the Borough Market for lunch.  There were a lot of stalls there but it was more for foodies than regular people, so we went to an Italian place because it was air-conditioned.  Yes, it’s hot again, 612 kilowats for the high but today is the last day of this heat wave.

The photo I used for the cover of this post is obviously one I didn’t take.  It was taken during the blitz and is called “St Paul Survives”

I was wondering how the blitz affected the area we are in – Queen Pock (that’s how the tube announcements say it).  I looked at a site called bombsite which shows where every bomb that hit London landed.  None hit our street but one took out an intersection we cross several times a day going grocery shopping, to the train, grocery shopping, taking a walk and going grocery shopping.  Another hit where the restaurant we had dinner in the first night is located.