We started off at Tottenham Court Road and headed towards Bedford square. Along the way we passed the YMCA, which this will probably sound really dumb, but I didn't know they had YMCA's in Europe!
After Bedford square our walk took us behind the British Museum. Silly us, we didn't realize we were behind the Museum until the end of the walk where we went by the front... ooops! Oh well, there was a great Lion out front ( or back) and we thought we'd cozy up to him for some photos!
We continued our walk going down Handel street, named accordingly because Handel would give performances in the Hospital on that street. That was pretty fun fact that I learned along this walk! We went through St. George Gardens which I thought were beautiful. I love the gardens here and small park spaces - they are just so happy!
Just a fun tree arch we found!
One of the coolest parts of this walk, I thought, was getting to walk by the home of Charles Dickens! I couldn't help but get a picture on his front door :) It was fun to think what it would have been like to have been his next door neighbor! I think it would have been pretty awesome!! There were plaques on many of the buildings which told different writers who had lived there. From the looks of it, there were a lot!
A few streets down and couple corners to turn revealed a giant hospital. According to our handy dandy walk book it was a Hospital for Sick Children. It took up the entire street! We continued on our walk and crossed Cosmo place into Bloomsbury place. From Bloomsbury place we headed to Bloomsbury square and then past the front of the British Museum and then back to the tube and home!
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