Europe Post #4

Yesterday we took a train into London to do some sightseeing.  It was a looong day, we left here at 9am and arrived home at 10pm.  3 hours was sitting in a train to London but other than that we walked the whole day... and unbelievably, Aiden managed to keep going the whole time (can't say the same for Megan, poor Dave had to carry a dead weight for most of the day).

Here are some happy snaps from our day...

As soon as we got to London we headed for the Underground

We walked through St James' park to get to Buckingham Palace

A happy snap of the group.... Rob & Vicki on the right.  Rob was our 'official' tour guide for the day... he set a fast pace but we managed to squeeze in a lot of stuff!

Next stop, Trafalgar Square... unfortunately, it was too hard to get a photo of the entire square

Another pic of Trafalgar Square... notice Big Ben in the background (to the right of Dave's head)

These were street buskers.  They were statues and when you put a coin in their bowl they would move slightly.  Vicki gave Aiden some money to have a go... I missed the photo op after this when he bent over to take his coin back out of the bowl... that's Aussie class for you!

The kids standing in front of St Paul's Cathedral.  The only disappointing thing of the day was not going inside, but it was quite expensive and I don't think the kids would have appreciated it

Our final sight... the Tower Bridge.  We were even fortunate enough to watch it open to let a boat through

So that's how you do London in a day...

We have been on the go since we've been here so today, at last, is a day of rest.  Aiden has been hassling Vicki about the zoo so I think that's the plan for tomorrow.