Today we went to to the Natural History Museum. It is a spectacular building with some really cool stuff. It was also full of small children. It is not school holidays here and there were lots of school excursions happening We then went to the Science Museum. Also cool. Also full of small children! Then the Victoria & Albert Museum. It is massive and there was no way we were going to be able to do everything so we just concentrated on the medieval Europe sect...

Today we decided to use our bonus hop on hop off bus tickets.....probably not our best idea! Because you tend to be focused on finding whatever attraction you are after you can miss the other things around you, so going on the bus seemed like a good idea to get a general feel for the city. But the traffic made it very slow and it took a long time to get nowhere fast. We decided it was much more efficient to just catch the train as we had been doing, (and it we we...

We woke up to snow today (much to Lisette's excitement), albeit on the rooftop of the apartment building. She was able to make a snowman and have a snowball fight. Later on we travelled by train (the above ground type) to Hampton Court Palace, whose most famous inhabitant was Henry VIII. They have a couple of guided tours/acts by people in period dress. It was very informative. We went through the maze in the garden. I didn't find my way to the centre but was gla...

We were expecting another sunny day so we decided to do the Thames river tour to Greenwich. Because it left from Westminster we did the Abbey first. As you come out of the tube station you can see Big Ben right across the street and the obligatory photos were taken. (Lisette has brought King Julian with her and he is in the selfies she takes in front of important landmarks.) We tour the Abbey - I had forgotten how spectacular it is with the stain glass windows an...

It was clear and sunny today. We decided to start our day at the Tower of London. We caught the train which is 3 min walk from our apartment. (You will be glad to know we are becoming proficient in using the Underground - makes it so easy to get around) We joined a tour led by one of the Beefeaters and then wandered through the rest on our own. There are not many people here; the upside of coming in winter. We walked along the Thames and the across the Tower Brid...