Ploughing through the snow in London - COMPLETED 3/15! About This Page:

[chezp]

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PS Allan asks if Mark prefers the Chicken or the Chilli Beef Ramen? Allan said the Chilli Beef one is still his number one favourite .

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He's not here to ask at the moment, but I think from memory the beef ramen remains his favourite as well.

[Colexis Mom]

More great updates Cheryl And love the fantastic pictures

More please

[GoofyMom]

Looking forward to more!

Cheryl, your report contains plenty of (beautiful!) photos of the outside of the Tower of London, but none of the interior. Are no photos allowed inside?

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Cheryl, your report contains plenty of (beautiful!) photos of the outside of the Tower of London, but none of the interior. Are no photos allowed inside?

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You can't take photos in the Jewel House, no and I don't think you can take photos in the Tower which housed the diamond display either. I seem to recall that we were able to take photos when we went inside the Bloody Tower on our previous trip to the Tower and I know you can take photos inside the White Tower, but again we didn't do that this time around.

It is a great shame you can't take photos of the Crown Jewels, as they are amazing.

[Tara O'Hara]

What a wonderful update, Cheryl and I the picture of Dave and Alexander!!

[disneymom9092]

A great job, Cheryl, as usual. I can't wait for the next part!

[2princessmom]

Wonderful updates! I can't wait for more! I just love seeing pictures of London. I so enjoy London! I can't wait to go back. The Beefeater tours are so fun! I have done a couple and then I also just enjoy talking with them. They are filled with so much knowledge!

Can't wait for more!

[chezp]

Ploughing through the snow in London – part six: Jennifer’s left literally holding the baby, as we hold up a bus!

To me, there is no better way to see London than on a cruise along the River Thames and that was certainly the case today. There are so many sights that you can see from a boat – the Tower of London…



HMS Belfast….



St. Paul’s Cathedral, the London Monument



This was designed by Wren and completed in 1677 and commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666. This led to the joke that everything in London was designed by Wren and when the commentary we were enjoying stopped a couple of minutes later in the middle of describing something, I immediately chimed in with “and that was designed by Christopher Wren as well”.

Other sights included Cleopatra’s Needle….



Mark enjoying advanced communication with Alexander….



… and the Houses of Parliament:



And then our cruise was over and we had docked by the London Eye. We couldn’t resist the opportunity to get some more photos, especially with my favourite London landmark in shot!




The final shot was taken by Dave – a true professional photographer – I this photo!

From here, it was a sense of déjà vu, as we walked past the London Eye, over Westminster Bridge and back up to the Houses of Parliament, except this time, it was warmer and the lighting was so much better. I know Dave took photos at this point, but unfortunately I didn’t. I think my camera was playing the “I’ve got no battery left” game again.

Just as we got up to the crossing over to the Houses of Parliament, I realised that our tour bus was on the other side of the road. I set off to catch it, but just before I got there, it pulled away. I was told by the guy at the stop that he would stop if we hailed them and, sure enough, he did, although he was at traffic lights and they were at red, so we only had as long as they stayed red. No problem – we were all there, except Jennifer that is, who was at the side of the road and let out a yell of “baby” as if to remind us. Oh yes! A quick tug at the stroller and fortunately it folded up and we were all able to dive on the bus, with just seconds to spare. At the first stop, we arranged ourselves and found seats – Jennifer and Alexander downstairs and Dave, Mark and I upstairs – far better for taking photos. I realised after a couple of minutes that my camera was of course playing dead again and headed downstairs to borrow Jennifer’s again.

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That was where I thought I’d made a horrible mistake, as the bus didn’t follow the route I expected. Instead, it took us over Westminster Bridge and for one awful moment, I thought we’d end up on the same route that we’d taken that morning, but fortunately it turned right and headed back Lambeth Palace and then up past the Houses of Parliament again, before turning off towards Buckingham Palace.


Lambeth Palace – home to the Archbishop of Canterbury


The Houses of Parliament


Westminster Abbey – can you spot the bits they cleaned?

I wasn’t the only one taking photos…!

Now here was a real disappointment. I didn’t realise that the bus really didn’t go anywhere near Buckingham Palace – it was literally a case of you could see it through the trees and we’d already decided not to get off, as we knew that the buses finished running at 5.00 and we might end up with no transport back. I was really annoyed for Jennifer and Dave, but hey, there’s always another trip back to see it!

Next: one last lucky Eeyore!

[BritDisFan]

Another great update and great photos too .

Karen

[stretch2864]

Great trip report!

[LisaJ]

I have GOT to get to London! Hopefully, during the summer when it's a tad warmer!

[loobyoxlip]

Great update and awesome pictures, Chez. Thanks

[crystalloubear]

Great update. I was showing the pictures to DH trying to convince him that we need to go.

[debsta922]

Great update Cheryl and that's an awesome picture of you and Mark