Lefty London

Hey ! I'm back now but I didn't have inernet access to finish my blog while in Europe. I am going to post an entry for each country and then go back to each blog and fill in with more " stuff" . And also about where I stayed and how I did it.

I landed in London ( insert British theme music here). It's the island off the coast of Ireland . Ok, I got that from the singer at the Irish pub but I thought it was funny.

The weather was beautiful !!! They have been having lots of rain and I was worried sightseeing would be limited. But I did the hop on hop off grand tour of sights. Big Ben, Buckingham palace, Kensingston palace, Tower of London, the "current" London Bridge (the original is actually out in our AZ I believe), ferris wheel, Westminister Abby, St. Paul's cathedral. I didn't get a chance to go in to most places. They were very spread out and I had limited time. I went to the Globe theatre... but as luck would have it they didn't have a Shakespere play going on that afternoon they had a play about the American revolution !! lol. I thought that was pretty funny. I did go to the Keningston Palace gates to see the Princess Diana memorial. It was kinda surreal being there. Ya know you see it on TV so much but to actually be there was kinda like... being in your TV set.

But I have to say the saddest thing was that I missed the Hogwarts express by one day. I forgot that I landed there on Sept 1... but I didn't make it to King's cross station till the morning of Sept 2.... but I did get my pic with my cart half way through platform 9 3/4. Which I'll be posting later.

Well off to hike the swiss alps.... and some yodeling.
Tricia
PS) that left hand driving really freaked me out. LOL .

** pic captions: myself trying to get through platform 9 and 3/4. The British airways London Eye ferris wheel, speaker corner (where the condemed were allowed to have their say before hanging. now anyone can stand on their pedestal to have their say), the london bridge, Diana's memorial at Kensington palace, and Big Ben