On August 30th I met my Mom and Dad in London! I had to be very brave as I travelled by train to London, figure out the London Tube system and walk to our B&B all by myself - and I'm not terrific with directions. Thank GOD for the iPhone & GPS :-)
After checking into my room at our B&B, the host told me my parents were down the street having lunch at a pub and for me to go meet them. As I was walking to the pub, I looked up and there, standing across the street was my Dad! What a great site in a city full of strangers!!!
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| Touring double-decker bus style |
We spent the first full day of their vacation riding around town in one of the quintessential London double-decker hop-on hop-off tour busses. We hopped off near Westminster Abbey (sorry, no photos allowed inside) to explore.
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| Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament & Big Ben |
We braved the crowds at Westminster Abbey and Dad found the tombs of lots of famous scientists (Darwin, Galileo, Newton, etc.) for a proper scientist geek-out session. Mom & I enjoyed seeing the Kings, Queens, and writers' tombs (including Chaucer, Dickens, etc.) for a lady geek-out session.
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| Houses of Parliament |
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| Clock Tower (Big Ben) and the London Eye |
We hopped back on the tour bus and headed over to the Tower of London. Along the way we saw Saint Paul's Cathedral, drove over the London Bridge where we had a great view of the Tower Bridge before actually driving over the Tower Bridge.
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| Tower Bridge as seen from London Bridge |
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| Driving over the Tower Bridge |
We hopped off at the Tower of London (pictures & story in the next post) and spent a quick hour and a half visiting the site before they closed for the night.
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| Dad and the Tower Bridge |
Whew! What a great start to a great vacation!
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