Sunday, November 19
This was the only sunny day we had.
Remember the crisis with Adam's phone? Bought rice at the little market by our hotel. It worked!
We took a boat ride on the Thames where we heard interesting facts about the buildings and structures along the Thames.
Me and Zach on the boat.
Saw the London Bridge, which is nothing neat...if you look close the bridge says "London Bridge."
We toured the Tower of London. We saw the Crown Jewels, torture tower, and bloody tower. The White Castle was used as a prison.
View of the Tower of London from the boat.
Tower bridge.
All of us in front of the Tower bridge.
Tower of London.
Inside the Tower of London.
Narrow hallways.
Another view of the Tower bridge.
Cool stained glass window in the White Castle.
The White Castle.
For dinner, we cooked pasta in the room, enjoyed our nightcaps and planned the next day.
Monday, November 20
We rode a double-decker bus to Buckingham Palace to see changing of the guards.
On the top of the double-decker. Wasn't too cold...
Buckingham Palace.
There were tons of people there. The ceremony was cancelled but we don’t know why.
We walked through St. James Park - lots of people, birds and pigeons.
You can see the London Eye in the distance.
We had to pay 30 pence to use the bathroom.
We walked to Westminster Abbey and took the tour inside. I didn't realize how many famous people were buried inside the cathedral. We looked around the gift shop. Zach was in search of British themed keychain for his backpack and I looked for a Christmas tree ornament.
These remainder came in handy...it's easy to forget which way to look!
We walked to 10 Downing Street, hoping to catch a glimpse of famous London politicans. Several important cars went in and out, but no one we knew. A newscrew was there too.
Pam and Ted went back to the hotel. The rest of us walked to small pub down a back alley for refreshments.
See that sign in the building on the left? That's where we were.
After, we walked across the Thames and through a Holiday Festival. Here's the London Eye at night.
We ended up at Cubana for dinner.
Scott is cured of wanting to live in a tiny home after three days in the small hotel room. We did have a kitchenette, which was nice. We ate breakfast in the hotel and was able to have snacks and sandwiches.
We like to talk in British accents but for some reason I bet people would know we are really from the United States.
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