Aug 23 2008
Day 63
We decided to spend a day in London. We woke up relatively early and caught the 9:21 am train to London Pancreas station. The journey only took 50 minutes and then we got on the tube to get to our chosen locations.
We visited the London Eye which was absolutely spectacular. It took approx. 40 minutes to do a full revolution and at the top you can see all of London in splendid detail. I took some photographs and video at the top and our kids loved it.
After that we went to Madame Tusaudes Wax Works which was packed out with people. The wax models were great but the whole experience was spoiled by the sheer volume of people mingling around the wax works trying to have their photographs taken with them.
After that we visited Hamley’s toy shop and walked on down to Leicester Square. From here we took the tube to Green Park where we walked to Buckingham Palace and was amazed to see that they were preparing for the London 2012 Olympic Party happening tomorrow. We walked down The Mall to Trafalgar Square where we caught the tube and train back to our base.
The weather was extremely hot and we covered many miles of walking around London today. Whilst it was really enjoyable I was exhuasted and at about 9:30 pm I crashed out on the bed, was asleep before the kids and poor Nicola had to see to the kids without me.