Day 5 ... highlights second jog through Hyde Park & holding Sabine's hand ... tough to pick out the highlights, could note a number of low lights but likley disdain is not the best thing to blog about - so onto the travels of the day. We went to Buckingham Palace today and toured around the inside seeing a few state rooms that were quite magnificent - unbelieveable art, furniture, marble statues ... all very grand. The crowds of people - once again - were ...

Day 4 ... highlights Portabello Road & the London Eye & Pimms ... our day began with a trip to the famous antique flea & new market on the legendary Portabello Road. Throngs of people ... literally hip to hip steadily the whole time we were in the trenches. I picked up a few trinkets ... one lovely antique item from a seller named Jeremy who was thrilled with my purchase indicating "You did well for your first Portabello Road purchase", and had I n...

Day 3 ... highlights jog through Hyde Park & the "Hop On - Hop Off" Red Bus Tours ... although it was a bit of a wrestle I was able to squeeze in a 45 minute in and around Hyde Park; felt good to get some exercise and focus outside my head space ... for me the mental break is always followed by a feeling of overall wellness. ... love, love, love the on/off tour buses - hugely informative (we had quite a funny, young guide with a wicked British sense of...

Day 2 ... highlights the London Zoo & a wonderful supper ... this was Sabine's day to shape - of course she was more than thrilled to be first! Our first night at the hotel she gave each of us a piece of paper and announced that we were to write down what we wanted to see and do while in London and then we'd shape our time from there ... to be fair ... [gee, I now wonder if my Beanie is going to be a politician ]. So our day started somewhat late, still b...

Day 1 ... highlights arrival & pick-pocket scam ... arrived in London, England at 07h05 and offered up we should adventurously embark upon public transit to get to our hotel. Initially, of course, on the GPS it appeared "not too far" but after travelling the night flight to London and attempting to wheel luggage through back alley-ways for 20 minutes [and not a lot of progress] realized it was a bit much ... so as we tromped out of an alley-way I spied a...