The weather has finally warmed up a bit so it's perfect for exploring London. The plan for today is Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and the shopping district at Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Street. We hired bikes and pedaled around the bike paths at Hyde Park before walking to Wellington Arch and Buckingham Palace. On our way down to the palace we watched the full rehearsal for the Trooping of the Colour - a royal ceremonial event that occurs infrequently so we ju...

A busy day today. We started the day looking to buy a bus ticket for the Hop on Hop off bus. That was a mission. Fortunately for us one of the ticket sellers spotted us first. Finding the bus stops was the next challenge. Once you find one its easy but finding that first stop was not easy! Eventually we got on a bus to Westminister Cathedral and Houses of Parluamemt. Westminister Cathederal is huge and took at least 2 hours to see it all. It's amazing the work d...

We started the day with a short walk through Potter's Field Park to Tower Bridge. After crossing the bridge we went to the nearby Tower of London which is pretty famous as the place Henry VIIIth beheaded some of his unfortunate wives. We spent a couple hours at the tower which is a large, interesting place steeped in history. On our way out we were stopped as the path had been cordoned off because at 1pm there was a 62 gun salute for the anniversary of the Queens...