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| Friday, June 16: 5 hours of driving, 2 longggg plane
rides, a lot of confused French people, about 20 minutes of sleep, and one
Hostess lemon pie later, we arrive in London. Thoroughly
exhausted. So we took a bus tour. |
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Scott's view of Charles de Gaulle Airport as he
tries to nap |
And the tower bridge at dusk. |
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| Westminster Abbey |
A beefeater (for real) |
The Tower of London |
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| The Weekend: Up at the crack of noon, we were off to
explore London town. On Saturday we explored Westminster Abbey,
Trafalgar Square, Coven Gardens , and a really weird Lebanese restaurant
where a guy next to us ordered a bong for dessert. We didn't ask too
many questions. |
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Sunday brought the Tower of London (crown jewels,
torture chambers, etc.), pub food,
Greenwich (home of mean time at the Royal Observatory), and a peak at the Millennium Dome
(sort of a portable Disney World). |
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| The Prime Meridian
<= Yesterday, Tomorrow =>
(Woah!)
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Has anybody got the correct time. |
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Scott liked the tubes (British for subway).
(Julia almost left him there with his camera a couple of
times). |
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| The London Eye |
View from the Eye |
Changing of the Guard |
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On Monday it was off to Buckingham Palace for the
changing of the guard, St. Paul's Cathedral, the London Eye
(basically a gargantuan Ferris wheel), and Parliament to hear the House of
Commons and House of Lords debate.
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| Big Ben |
Parliament |
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For
lunch Monday, we strolled into a lovely gated garden near our B &
B. Scott left Julia and went to get some drinks. Upon his
return, he learned (via a sign on the locked gate) that this was a private
garden. Unbeknown to Julia, deep inside the garden, Scott wandered
around fruitlessly looking for someone to let him in. Finally, a
kind gardener opened the gate, only to result in both of us being locked
inside. So, after a charming lunch (might as well take advantage,
eh?), we lurked around the gate until some people came out and then just
coincidentally decided we were about ready to leave. |
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| The Big Shoo in the Dome |
The Outside of the Dome |
Honey, I'm havin' trouble keeping track of time. |
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| On Tuesday we went Kensington Gardens, the National Gallery,
and the Millennium Dome. |
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