While my parents in law are visiting we decided to take a trip down to London. I have been before as I even worked there for a year so it wasn’t new to me but we took the chance to do all the tourist things you do when you goto London.
We started with the British Museum. I have been there already, about 3 years ago. Its well worth going if your ever in London, for one its free, also its huge! They have a bit of everything for the complete History of the world, the Museum is split into sections based on location, so there is an Asia room, Europe, Roman and Egypt, etc…
They have some impressive stuff, including an entire Roman building and a room full or slightly scary mummies, with accompanying x-rays to prove there are some disturbing things inside them.
We then went along to have a look at Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Then on our way up to Trafalgar Square we noticed something interesting. At Horse Guards Parade they were, well, parading. There were a few police keeping the small crowd back from watching the guards and horses too close. But what happened next was the most interesting as a line of police bikes came barreling down the road, blocked off the traffic and a minute later the Queens car came down the road and into Horse Guards Parade. It was neat, we managed to get a really close up picture of the Queen. Not many people get that close, and all by chance, great. Check out my Flickr picture album to see the picture we took.
Once again, while in London, we took the chance to ride on the London Eye. It worth it for the great views and the London Eye itself is an amazing structure. It takes 30 minutes to get all the way around it. The weather was nicer on this day too so we could see much clearer, all the way to Wembley actually.
We finished the trip with a guided tour of the Tower of London. We got the chance to see the crown jewels and look around the tower. To be clear its not just a tower but an entire castle including a moat and complete surrounding outer defense wall. Also it was not apparently a prison but used as a royal castle. It was a great tour, the the guide was a real Yeoman Warder, nicknamed the ‘Beefeaters’ they are the Royal Guard. The one giving the tour was quite entertaining, real fun and made the whole of the history of the Towers really enjoyable and he told some wild tales. If you ever go there make sure you wait around and go on one of the Yeoman guided tours, there are usually a couple going on each day.
Well thats it, London was a blast. Almost forgot to mention we got a good look at Tower Bridge and went down Oxford Street. A recommend a trip to London to anyone who has never been, Visit London.









