After a fairly standard yet still very long and tiring three flights spanning 26 hours, we arrived in London and took our first tube ride to check in at the humble abode of our friends Clyney and Jess, in Maida Vale, north-west London.A good sleep had us ready to embark on our first day of sightseeing, and Clyney's misfortune with the London job scene was to our advantage as he acted as tour guide for the day. We knocked over visits to Buckingham Palace (conveni...