London July 2011

I had the good fortune to visit London and the southern United Kingdom for three weeks in the summer of 2011. It was the most ambitious self-directed European holiday I have done so far, and by far the most expensive. I followed the pattern set in the trip to Paris three years earlier using hop on hop off in city transit to get around, and take maximum advantage of the discount travel passes available.

Favourite moments

• Taking afternoon tea at the Kensington Palace orangery
• Enduring the most uncomfortable seats imaginable to watch Les Miserables
• Circling Stonehenge on a beautiful summer day