A Foggy Day in London Town

Start off today with a free 'Royal London' tour (with New Europe - excellent tour guides!). Thinking I was free of German speakers for a week...I manage to get an Austrian school group making up most of the tour group.

Unfortunately the Queen wasn't at home, so we had to be content with watching the Guards put on a show - the Changing of the Guard.


But the best part of the day comes towards the end of the festivities - the sun comes out and clouds all but disappear. Yes, blue skies and sunshine in London! (the age of miracles hadn't passed ;)

Lots of interesting places with lots of mostly boring history, although a few interesting stories from the very animated tour guides make up the rest of the morning. The re-enactment of the story behind Guy Fawkes Night was a highlight :D


Lunch and a chunk of the afternoon are spent at Covent Garden (and around that area), taking in some great busker performances while eating a potato with beans and cheese and drinking tea :D At one stage a tight rope walking busker just about kills himself, but walks away unharmed but very shaken.


A twilight walk around the Thames proces spectacular, on the way to dinner and an evening with Pammy (eating at Great Burger Kitchen - yum!).

The London Eye