A Day in the Life of Bx: London run

Well today we hit the road in the car and headed down to London. We have booked a room on the outskirts and plan on staying over night to give us as much time as possible. Once we arrive, dump our bags we head for the tube.

The underground train system here is awesome. Marty asks the girls if any of the stations seem familiar. Euston, Kings cross, Piccadilly, Hyde Park? They all thought they were really familiar but couldn't place them until I said maybe a game you play? Monopoly seem to be screamed out in unison.

The girls are bursting with excitement and the minute we walk to the top of the stairs at charring cross station we are greeted with London telephone boxes the girls faces are priceless.

We head to the Sherlock Holmes pub for lunch. It's such a cool little pub with heaps of memorabilia to look at. If you blink you would miss it but the girls all loved their food. Marty had toad in the hole, which was the biggest Yorkshire pudding I had ever seen.

People are everywhere. Not like sydney City busy but like that times 4! It's crazy just how many tourist are around. It's loud and crazy. We walk down the strand to come face to face with Trafalgar Square. The last time I was here it was cold and raining, so to see it in the sunshine is amazing.

The statues are beautiful and the fountains are just gorgeous. The only thing missing were the pigeons. None! Don't get me wrong I hate them as much as mice but it was weird to not have them everywhere.

We then headed for the open top hop on hop off buses. These are the best way of seeing as much of the city as possible. It's a audio guided tour and means you can listen or you can just sit back and enjoy the view. We get to see heaps. The cathedral, London and tower bridge, Tower of London, Big Ben and much more.

We get off at the London eye which is bursting with people. Over 4 hour wait to get on the eye and it's 5pm!!! We opt to go to the London dungeon which is a walk through show of all the dark past of London. Jack the Ripper, Sweeney Todd, mrs Lovett and the plague just to name a few.

I couldn't take any photos while we were in the two hour show, but let's just say Georgia has a scream built for a horror movie. The scare factor with super cool and they may have managed to get me to squeal very loudly.

We finished and walked back out onto the promenade. It felt like it was 3 in the afternoon. Their summer time is crazy. It was actually 6.30pm. We had ice cream while people watching and took a load of for the first real time today.

Next stop was the queens house. This we had made our last stop while heading back towards the hotel. It was getting quieter in the city which made for getting photos a whole lot funnier. We had some room to get our crazy on and the result was we ended up with a super cool photo to end the day. London was exhausting, busy and expensive but so worth it. The girls will remember it forever.