Had breakfast at the hostel then caught the tube to Victoria station. At Victoria we got on a coach (bus) to Windsor Castle.
Windsor is really a sight. It’s a real, live working castle where the Royal Family stays. We toured the state apartments and St. George’s cathedral. Took about 2 hours then we headed into the town of Windsor for lunch.
Heather says it looks just like a Fisher Price Little People Castle she had as a little girl.
Caught the 13:55 coach back to London. The boys watched the latest Star Wars Clone Wars episode (new TV show) on the iPod.
We rushed to catch the tube to the Tower of London but it was closed. So we hurried over to the London Tower but it was closing as well. So, we walked over to the gift shop at the Tower of London where Nick found the 2008 GBP coins mint set. It’s a really cool set – the back of the coins forms the shield of the Royal Arms. We’ve been finding them in circulation but we also picked up the un-circulated proof set.
Next, we took the tube to Picadilly Circus. It’s to London what Times Square is to New York…packed with people.
We ate dinner at Planet Hollywood. There was a 45 minute wait but the London Pass got us priority seating so we were seated in 5 minutes. The food was not as good as Hard Rock Café, but they had fun stuff to look at. They had the long barrel revolver from the Batman movie and the over sized Zagnut bar from "Betelgeuse." They also had Indiana Jone’s whip and the big sword from the bad guy in the first movie – the guy in black who pulls out this big long sword and starts swinging it around all crazy so Indiana Jones just shoots him.
(When we were walking around Windsor Castle, we saw several large thrones in the different rooms. In the aviation community of the Navy, if you get up for a just a few minutes, and you want to save your seat, you call “brush.” Then nobody can swipe you chair when you’re gone. I doubt the Queen has to call brush when she leaves the throne, but Heather was wondering. )
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