London, baby!

We finally got to see London! Let's just say that we once thought that Paris was the largest city ever, but that has now changed! According to our tour guide on the red bus, London is the largest European city and has 21,000 registered taxis driving around everyday - it was crazy! But, we did get a chance to see alot ... we took the train in from Maidenhead where our friend John lives, he let us park our car in his driveway; this was a cheaper way to do it, and faster. We ended at Paddington Stn. and walked up to the bus stop to get on the red tour bus. From there we went through a lot of the main parts of London including Piccadilly, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, St. Paul's Cathedral and of course Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. We also drove through Belgravia, where I snapped a pic of Sean Connery's London home! And, we drove from Westminster into the old city of London, which was kinda cool.

The traffic was horrendous so the bus tour took almost 3 hours, after awhile it started to get a little tiresome, but it gave us a chance to take alot of pictures. Once we finally reached our destination (Tower of London) we hopped off the bus, had some lunch and then explored the tower including the Crown Jewels collection. This was a great exhibit where we got to see a lot of coronation crowns and other very expensive royal jewels. After the Tower, we didn't have any more time so we got back on the bus and headed back to Paddington Stn. Peter's mom and dad were ready to call it a day so we went home ... poor Fletch had had a long day alone, we didn't get home until 9:30 pm.



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