Okay, now that we've found an internet cafe with USB ports, I can do pictures! After breakfast, we headed to the grocery store to pick up some goods to make a picnic lunch. Ham and cheese croissants. mmm. Our plan for today included the London Tower Bridge, and finding an internet cafe (success!) We packed our lunch and boarded the London Underground. We're getting pretty good at navigating and travelling using this fascinating system. There are multiple train lines covering almost all of London. So easy! Makes the Edmonton LRT or the Calgary C-train look pretty sad. We walked across the London Tower Bridge, and found ourselves (accidently) at the London Tower. This seems to be how we find our way around most of the time. We just wander, and somehow find places that we'd wanted to see anyways. We bought passes and got a guided tour around the Tower of London. While there, we saw the Crown Jewels, and the Bell Tower where many prisoners were kept before they were beheaded. On our way back to the Underground Station, we stopped at the London Dungeons, which is sort of a guided tour/performance through some of London's more gruesome history - this included Jack the Ripper and Sweeny Todd. At the end there was a small freefall ride - not expected! You should have seen our faces... We giggled like mad for a solid 30 minutes, and boarded the Underground for Westminster Abbey. This time we were able to go inside - no cameras allowed though. WOW. It was so gorgeous, and we got to see the tombs of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary of Scots, and a few others. Nearing starvation we headed back to the hostel to prepare a fabulous supper of bacon and eggs. I'm running low on internet time, so I think I'll add a few pictures and sign out until next time.
Left: London Tower Bridge, Right: London Tower (Its a castle - for those of you confused)
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