Hope you are enjoying London and having good weather!!too funny
Have a safe flight. See you soon
Yesterday we tried to see the changing of the guard but a car caught on fire and exploded right in front of the castle causing a bomb scare so it was all cancelled. Going to try again tomorrow. We did get to do the open bus tour during one of the few times it was not raining so that was nice. Found the Disney store on Oxford Street - right across from the Bond Street stop on the central line (at least I think it was Bond). The toy museum was interesting but probalby not worth the time if you are very limited. British Museum was huge but got to see the Rosetta Stone and the mummies
Spent today at Hever Castle and Leeds Castle. DW is enjoying the castles much more than London itself - but she is glad we are seeing it. DD bounces back and forth between being enthralled and bored. We are all enjoying England but we are definitely looking forward to getting on the ship in a couple of days. The White Cliffs in Dover were really cool and we are looking forward to seeing them again. Tomorrow is London for Changing of the guard, Kenssington and Buckingham palaces and the Tower of London for the Key Ceremony and then Saturday is Stonehenge and Bath.
See you all on the ship!
Wow it has been pretty slow on the boards caught up in 2 minutes,
DW & kids did not want to get up early so they slept in & we missed the free breakfast!
So we went across the street to starbaucks for coffee for us & the convenience store for Choclate/Strawberry/ milk & OJ with croisants for the kids!
Then took the 1+ hour bus ride to the tower of London than cruised back to to the London Eye where we caught the bus back to Kensington but the bus driver suggested we wait to the next stop to get off as better restaurant choices for dinner, he also commented on the fact I was not wearing shorts (something about very unamerican) on the way back to the hotel we walked down the side of Kensington park where the exclusive residents are including the back of Kensington palace, very posh & nice.
Tommorow we head to Potabello Rd for the flea markets & maybe Harrods!
Oh well getting the right change ready for Celestine have to use a coin as no paper pounds!
We did the Tower of London and Ceremony of the Keys today/tonight. It was extremely interesting and those of you doing it tomorrow night will enjoy it. Be sure to get to the Tower separate from the Key Ceremony though as the Crown Jewels are also worth seeing. There is a pretty good pub at the top of the hill that serves fish and chips, burgers and pizza. The fish and chips and pizza were both extremely good.
Earlier in the day we went to Westminster and I stood on top of Darwin! I know - kind of morbid but I was looking at the tomb of Newton and didn't realize where I was until my wife pointed it out. That place is huge and took a long time to see. We also went to St. Paul's - but we only made it to the halfway point of the dome. Ran out of time
Off to Stonehenge/Bath tomorrow and it will be a late night so this will be my last trip update. See you all on the ship and safe travels!
I think I am all packed, ready to head out tomorrow morning. It's so quiet here. Glad those of you in London are having a good time. I just remembered something i forgot to pack...................