Hello Surbiton!

After being sick all weekend and feeling a bit stir crazy, I went to visit my friend Megan in Surbiton, outside of London (south west). It was my first experience taking the train, which was kind of exciting. It was a really nice place, very leafy, and the evidence of fall was everywhere - lots of red and orange leaves falling from the trees.

We visited Kingston, which was just around the corner.
Here's a bit of wikipedia info on Kingston:

"The main town in the borough, Kingston upon Thames, has existed on the banks of the River Thames for many hundreds, if not thousands of years. Many Roman relics have also been found in the surrounding areas.

All Saints Church, at the centre of Kingston, has been the site of a church for over 1,000 years, its predecessors being sacked by the Vikings in 1009AD. It is one of the most important historic sites on the River Thames, alongside the Tower of London, the Palaces of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court, Runnymede and Windsor Castle.

Kingston was famous in antiquity for being the coronation place of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs, listed below:

Name	Year
Edward the Elder, (son of Alfred the Great)	900
Athelstan	925
Edmund I	939
Eadred	946
Eadwig	956
Edward the Martyr	975
Ethelred the Unready	979

Kingston still has a monument, the Coronation Stone, on which the monarchs were said to have actually been crowned. A coin from the reign of each of the monarchs listed is set into the base of the stone, which now stands outside the local council offices, the Guildhall."

In the Kingston Market Square

I'm assuming this (above) is the All Saints ChurchAnd had a lovely lunch on the Thames.
We thought he was rather sweet... and we both miss our poooches back home.
I can be very oblivious at times... Megan pointed out this guy in the boat with his 3 fishing lines.