London

BIG BEN!!!!!!!
DONG....
DONG....
DONG....
This was the highlight of London.
I kept thinking back to the day
when I watched Peter Pan flying
around this clock and ...
You can fly you can fly you
can FLY!

Me and Big Ben...it was almost emotional

















PARLIAMENT: House of Commons
Back side of Parliament.
The bridge was actually
under construction and
I couldn't get a good shot
so this is the best I could
do. Note to readers: Don't
come to europe with a
dinky camera like mine...
They took tourists on big
zodiacs up and down the river.
I wanted to do that!


BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Bob Barker beauty here...
"Look what you've just won...
a new Palace!!" Da da da da...
(mom, I think I got it from you..how do I look?)
Quite the spectacular building, if I was the Queen, I'd hide at the top like a sniper and peg the tourists and have a good laugh or two. The lighting is terrible because it was getting late.
We didn't get inside either..

THE GUARD

How does this guy stand so still??
Liz, our friend Geoff from Parliament, and Me.
We almost got a tour of the Parliament
building, but since it was saturday, they wouldn't
let us in. I guess I'll just have to go back.

Geoff was our spare of the moment tour guide.
He showed us around the city a bit and then we found ourselves in the ritzy part of London where the famous Harrods shopping court was.
HARRODS



I can't believe how expensive this place was! Just think if someone set fire to it??!? Prada, Gucci, Armani, Docle and Gabana, DKNY, Valentino...you name it ladies, it's there! And poor little Nichole could only look.
WICKED!!!



This play was FAbulous! Not better than Les Miserables
(my favorite) but it was quite good. The cool thing was that the original lead (Elpheba) was here in London and wow, she was AMAziing! Her voice was incredible. The story line is interesting, but the costumes and music were really fun.

I thought we were getting a killer deal £45 for a last minute weekend show, but when I got to the playhouse, I noticed the ticket said 19.00 GBP. I later found out that the dirty old man who sold us the tickets earlier had ripped us off. The seats weren't too bad, but for what we paid, we could have been atleast ground floor and closer to the stage. Oh well, you live and you learn right?

What a miracle, we made our train at 5:10 a.m. sunday morning and barley made our flight that left at 6:20. In two days, we got a total of about 6 hours of sleep. Great for running around a foreign city, let alone the two largest cities! All I have to say is, WHAT an ADVENTURE!
I highly recommend better planning, especially when it comes to hostels and flight changes. We realized after the fact that we had taken a zillion different trains and hit 6 different airports in the 4 day excursion...remind me never to look into travel agencies..