Paris, Rome and LONDON!
Travel days can be sort of fun...
We had to wake up at 5:00 am to catch our flight at 8:30 am. But it was a two and a half hour non-stop flight meaning we didn't have to make a connection in Rome. We got our bags, bought a train ticket and were in London in about 45 minutes. Found our way to the tube and rode to our hostel, the Lord Baden Powell House about two blocks south of Hyde Park.
After getting our room settled, we rode the tube to Piccadilly Circus to pick up our London City Pass at the Visitor's Center. It's good for all kinds of sights such as the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey to name a few.
Then we walked by way of Horse Guards Road which runs by the Horse Guards Building...
...stopped to feed some squirrels in St. James Park...
....continued around a corner to catch our first glimpse of Big Ben...
...past the Westminster Abbey...
...with it's cool sundial (it was about 3:00 pm)...
...stopped for a photo in the shadow of Big Ben before heading...
...across to the River Thames and onto the London Eye.
We took the ceremonial Lego Storm Trooper photo and Tom added his Sponge Bob Lego.
Nick took our picture from the capsule. The view of London was awesome!
Stopped for a snack (candy bars and water...not a good snack) and walked over to Waterloo Station to catch the RV1 bus which took us over the Tower Bridge and past the London Tower. We changed to the #15 Bus and took it to Piccadilly Circus where we had dinner at....
...wait for it....
....wait.....
Pizza Express!! The boys had the Margherita Pizza and I had the Americana (pepperoni.) Heather chose the salad and swiped a couple of slices of pizza from the boys.
Back to our room by 10:00 pm where the boys took showers and we all passed out from our 18 hour day!
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