19/10/2010

We were running short of clothes at this stage & decided we needed to do some laundry, so promised ourselves we would get back in time to go to the local Laundromat. So we headed off again at 9am to the Big Bus, (we had a 2 day pass) and travelled to The Tower of London, bought tickets and headed for a really good look at London’s history. We saw

·      The 20 towers

·      The Crown Jewels

·      The armour including from King Henry VIII

·      The torture chambers

·      Where the 2 young prince’s were murdered

·      And much, much more

We then headed to the Thames and jumped on a ferry for a tour up the river. We landed at Westminster and walked across one of the many bridges to the London Eye, where we saw a 3D film first that was as good as ‘The Blue Man Group’ we saw in Las Vegas. While we watched the show, they had snow & raindrops & all sorts of amazing real sensations happening.

The London Eye is a 30-minute birds eye view of London – cant compare with anything we have seen so far. We then caught the underground back to our room, to head off to see Les Miserable’s; needless to say we didn’t get any laundry done. But who cares, it is cold enough that we can wear the same clothes for a week and no one would know. Marty loves the weather, cause he can walk all day (and we are) and not get overwhelmed by heat & sweat. He evens wears a jumper a lot, which is something I don’t think I have ever seen him do, except maybe at Niagara Falls.

We took the underground back to our rooms, we are getting good at getting around  because the rail system is so extensive, and there a double decker buses everywhere & for the most part they don’t have many people in them, not sure what time is peak hour because there is always traffic everywhere. Apparently the average speed for the centre of London is 11 mph & has been for 400 years.

The end of another full day, there are so many things to see here, and we have so little time. We have had to settle for the few things we really want to see & promise ourselves we will come back another time to see the remainder. To do that we would have to give ourselves a year. I heard 20 – 30 years ago that London was dirty and unfriendly and full of drug addicts. Maybe it was back then, but it certainly isn’t like that now, it’s so full of history & culture and it is clean and full of pride. We will return.

20/10/2010