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October 10, 2008...

How did I forget to mention that we rode on a double decker bus yesterday???

Had breakfast at the hostel and the boys grabbed a roll each to take with them and feed the ducks.

Then we walked through the Science Museum for about 90 minutes. The Science Museum and Natural History Museum are both right across the street from the hostel and are free!

From there, we went North to Hyde Park and walked along Rotten Row past the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain. The boys fed the ducks and geese as we walked along the pond. Stopped at a playground for about 10 minutes before we left the park to the East.

We had lunch at the ORIGINAL Hard Rock Cafe! The very first one! Heather and I had cheeseburgers and the boys had a hot dog and mac & cheese. Best burger we've had in a while. Tom tried to order chocolate milk and our server had no idea what he was talking about.

The Hard Rock store is across the street. We went in and took the vault tour. Their store is in a building that used to be a bank, so there's an actual vault in the basement where they keep all the most prized rock & roll memorabilia. Guitars from Slash, Clapton, and even Jimi Hendrix's Flying V...plus Madonna's brassier

After lunch, we rode the tube to Greenwich to visit the Observatory. The museums and observatory were closed, but we got to stand on the prime meridian and walk around the grounds for a few hours.

Took a cruise boat back to London on the River Thames.

Got back to the hostel at 10:15 pm...