Day 4 Into the city

Finally, we get to go into London. There were sights to see and places to go. We started off with a flight on the London Eye. AMAZING!! We could see most of the city from way up high, but you really had to "mind the gap" when getting on the flight. The view was not foggy! We have not seen any fog in the UK since we have been here, but the week is not over yet!

After the London Eye, we walked over the River Thames. There we saw the Parliment building and the Westminister Tower Clock. Most people call the Tower Clock "Big Ben" but it is the chimes that are "Big Ben". We went through Westminster Abbey, then around the corner to the Parliament Building. We were able to go in the House of Commons and watched them set their agenda for next week. It is very interesting to see how a different country's government works.

After that we walked to a place to eat lunch. We all ate either hamburgers or chicken sandwiches, chips (french fries) and a coke. The food didn't taste like American food.

After we ate we went to Buckingham Palace. We walked down Whitehall Street, past 10 Downing Street, to Trafalgar Square. You can no longer walk in front of the Prime Ministers home, but we could look though the guarded gate. From there, we walked down the tree lined street to Buckingham Palace. We were able to watch the afternoon changing of the guard, not the most exciting event to see. Buckingham is not as ornate on the outside as other buildings we saw. But Windsor is tomorrow, and it is supposed to be awsome.

From Buckingham, we walked down the street to catch the underground tube back to Waterloo Station. Beth had another first today, riding on a train underground. She did us proud, no screaming! The train to Farnborough was packed to the gills. We had to stand up until the train stopped at the first stop, Surbiton, so we could sit down.

More walking tomorrow (ouch) but well worth any discomfort! We will post pictures later when we have time to download them.