London

We took it pretty easy while in London and did lots of relaxing...we definitely didn't get to all the great things there are to do in London, but here are the highlights of what we did do:

We rode the London Eye and saw great views of the city. We then visited Parliament and heard Big Ben (we did NOT however see Big Ben...as Big Ben is the actual bell, not the bell tower), saw Westminster Abbey, and walked along Whitehall to Trafalgar Square...stopping in at a pub to enjoy some fish & chips...which we ate a lot of...because British food is rather blah in my opinion...

We visited the British Museum and saw impressive relics from Egypt, Assyria & Greece, including the Rosetta Stone & the Elgin Marbles (taken from the Parthenon). And where Jake apparently took many many pictures of me reading the tour book guide to the museum exhibit...

We visited the Tower of London and saw the Crown Jewels and an exhibit about King Henry VIII & the Tower Bridge, followed by a river cruise along the Thames....on which we saw the not at all impressive London bridge.

We went to the theater and saw a play with excellent reviews, which it turns out was a very vivid portrayal of the sexual awakening of adolescents. After which we discovered that Brits apparently don't eat late at night...they only drink--the bars of all the pubs and restaurants remained open...but the kitchens were all closed.On our last day we went to Buckingham Palace for the famous changing of the guard...but alas the guard decided to change that day without all the fanfare...much to the disappointment of the kazillion people crowding the gate to see it. And finally much to Jake's pleasure we did lots and lots of shopping!