Tower of London I don't think we could have packed more into our day! We started by going to see the Tower of London, which was well worth the 20£ and is a good 3 hours to take it all in. The coolest thing about London is you have this modern city with skyscrapers and glass buildings and right beside it you will have a church or castle that is centuries old! There is so much history at the Tower of London...wars, peasant revolts, attempts to over throw the thr...

Wa,wa,wa,wanderers Started our day in Picadilly Circus/ Covent Garden area. The train system is so easy to navigate we jumped all over the city! Bought tickets to the hop on hop off bus tour. It is the best way to see the city, get some history of what you are seeing and decide where you want to go. Hopped off at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which is a rebuild from a fire. It was pretty cool to see but to go inside it was 20£ (40$) .... Everything costs arou...

Made it on the overnight flight! Wasn't as bad as expected but still arrived exhausted. Navigated the trains ok and made it to our London home... Well the travel lodge. Rooms clean but a bit nervous as this was suppose to be a 'king size' bed... We have several twin size beds booked on the trip and I hate to see what Europe calls a twin when this King is a double at best. The area we are staying in is in the financial district. We set out at 530 to explore and g...