Monday, also known as October 18, 2010
My brain is MUSH! I've seen so much today!
We started off at our breakfast spot, and decided to walk through Hyde Park to get to the Albert Memorial. Hyde Park is so nice and peaceful, yet still pretty busy with walkers, runners, and folks like us (tourists!). There were a few art installations that were interesting, and we looked at them along the way.The memorial. 
Wow! It was BIG, and quite fancy! On each of the four corners there was a statue representing a region: Asia, Europe, Africa, and America. What was interesting (and funny!), though, is that all of the area's pigeons seemed to love to sit (and poop) on the America statue! HAHAHA!
Wow! It was BIG, and quite fancy! On each of the four corners there was a statue representing a region: Asia, Europe, Africa, and America. What was interesting (and funny!), though, is that all of the area's pigeons seemed to love to sit (and poop) on the America statue! HAHAHA![Pause slightly for sleep -- I am exhausted!]
TUESDAY -- october 19.
Ack! I'm so far behind!
So, to sum up (and pick up where I left off), we walked to Buckingham Palace (but missed the changing of the Guard), took a bunch of pictures, then found a place to eat lunch. We took the Underground to the Tower station, and we then decided to walk down to see the Tower of London (the outside - an inside tour would be a day-long event!), and the we walked over the Tower Bridge to the South Side of London. We then walked alllllllll along the River Thames and walked by some interesting sites. 
We passed by a Dungeon museum called the Clink, and part of an old building that were remains from centuries ago (part of the great hall, I think). We also walked passed the reconstructed Globe Theater, and walked across the Millennium Bridge. Whoooo!! The bridges were really cool, and the Millennium Bridge is for pedestrians only, and it takes you up to St Paul's Cathedral. We didn't go into that, either, since we had to get to dinner and didn't have much time. It was beautiful from the outside, though!
We passed by a Dungeon museum called the Clink, and part of an old building that were remains from centuries ago (part of the great hall, I think). We also walked passed the reconstructed Globe Theater, and walked across the Millennium Bridge. Whoooo!! The bridges were really cool, and the Millennium Bridge is for pedestrians only, and it takes you up to St Paul's Cathedral. We didn't go into that, either, since we had to get to dinner and didn't have much time. It was beautiful from the outside, though!
We walked to Camden Market, well, cut through it, really, to get to the Hospital Club, where we were meeting Barb and Ren for dinner. That building wasn't much to look at from the outside, but it was really cool on the inside! Ren is a member, and he and Barb treated us to dinner -- how nice! We were up on the second floor, which had a loungey bar area, complete with big couches and tables. The restaurant side was open to the lounge, but was really fancy! Luckily they didn't have a dress code, as Brian and I were "slumming it". Barb ordered us some champagne, we ordered dinner, and Ren picked out a bottle of wine, too! All was quite yummy!
It was pretty late by the time we got done with dinner (Barb and Ren had an hour-long trip home), so we had a quick look around to the top floor and a super great view!! Brian and I decided to splurge on a taxi to get us back to the hotel -- too cool! Huge back seats, way cool to see other parts of London, too, and travel above ground! We then made the requisite calls to the hubbies, and I crashed when we got back.
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