Today started bright (or rather grey) and early as we hit the rails on a day trip to Liverpool...home of 'the world's greatest band'. Got into Lime Stn. in the morning, and had some time to see some sights before hopping on the Magical Mystery tour (step right this way...). We got a true taste of extreme British weather. It seemed with every city block, a new weather pattern emerged. Sunny, grey, high winds, calm breeze, driving rain, parting clouds. We got it A...

Thank you to all who have been following our blog - nice to have a global audience! Today was chalk full again - no lack of things to do in London it seems! In the morning, we took a bus tour through some of the famous city sites. In the afternoon, we walked along the south shore through an outdoor festival, and went to the Tate Modern art gallery, and Shakespeare's Globe theatre! We got all dolled up and headed into Londons West End to take in some theatre......

Hello from London! Some pictures have been uploaded into a 'London' album - make sure you check them out! You're crazy if you think those are the only ones we have ;) Day two featured a trip to The Tower of London via a Thames river cruise. We saw alot of London from the water, such a great experience! And a beautiful day! Temperature topped out at about 28 degrees... We spent a good part of the morning/afternoon at the Tower of London walking through the grou...

...Big Ben's no slouch either. We have arrived - safe and sound - sleep is for the weak. Mom and I had predicted we would sleep for a full 6.5 hours on the plane... in reality, more like an hour tops! That didnt slow us down today! We arrived in London at 11am (local... so, 6am Toronto time) and took to the streets right away. Our hotel looks across Westminster Bridge, with stunning sights of Big Ben, the Parliament buildings and the beautiful London Eye. We w...