London
Trip Start
Jul 10, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 04, 2008
London,
England,
United Kingdom
Saturday, July 19, 2008
London Pub
After another train ride, we arrived at our hotel in time to check in for our tour and do a little sight seeing in London (of course stopping by a pub first while we waited for the local restaurants to open for lunch). We ate Indian food for lunch (London is supposedly the Indian food capital of the world), and really enjoyed it... Since our time was really limited in London, we went on a double-decker bus tour throughout the city. The tour allowed us to get on and off the buses whenever we wanted, so we were able to see most of london from atop the bus and the sights we really wanted to see up close. 
Bus tour
at Buckingham Palace
guard
Buckingham Palace
Big Ben
Big Ben again
castle
eros statue
hanging out by the Thames
Little Ben
The Globe
view across the Thames
We spent a good deal of time at Buckingham Palace, and The Globe, but had to see some sights like Big Ben from the bus. All in all, it was a great decision to take the bus tour- we saw basically all of London in about 4 or 5 hours!
another view from the bus
Later that night we met our tour group for the first time, and then went to bed pretty early since our trip was to begin the next morning at 6am. First stop: Paris.
white cliffs of dover
