Well, today is our last day in London. We let ourselves have a little sleep in and then grabbed our breakfast at the hotel. We headed for the Tower of London around 10:30am. The Tower of London was super packed with tourists.
We couldn't imagine what it would be like in the dead of summer, never mind a partially sunny day in October! Although, the entrance fee is quite high, we found it quite worthwhile. We got to walk through many mediaeval buildings, along a defence wall, saw the Crown Jewels, saw the armoury and the Bloody Tower where 2 young princes were secretly done away with.
After a quick stroll across the Tower Bridge, we headed to St. Paul's Cathedral to 'feed the birds', I mean attend the Evensong service. The men/boy's choir was quite spectacular! We then walked across the millennium pedestrian bridge to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre where we had a bite to eat (gourmet Mac and Cheese for Reuben).
As our day drew to a close, we decided to check out Covent Garden, Trafalgar square, Leicester square and Piccadilly Circus. We also wanted to see Harrods lit up in the night but our plan was thwarted when the subway line we were on was suspended due to a person having fallen under a train further up the line. We're currently on a circuitous route back to our hotel.
I can't believe our time in London is already done but I shouldn't be surprised as I kept telling everyone before we left that we were only going to be gone for 10 days. Well, 3 down and 7 to go.
2 comments:
i love you aunt irene and uncle reuben. when are you coming home? happy thanksgiving. we are going for a walk in the woods today with mama jo.
love elyssa
thanks for the update! Sounds like you are getting a lot of quality tourism.. The sun broke through today in Berlin and we checked out Checkpoint Charlie.. Enjoy your trip!!
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