London Sightseeing

We are in London and are sightseeing machines! Autumn in London is beautiful. The leaves on the trees have mostly fallen to expose the ivy growing up the trunk almost all the way to the tips of the branches. We love people watching and seeing the cute kids in their blue school uniforms. We have enjoyed the English fish & Chips and “Yo Sushi” with their 30 meter long sushi conveyor belt.
Yesterday we checked out Westminster Abby, Big Ben, 10 Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, Canada House, Piccadilly Circus, London Tower tour with a beefeater, 3 km long walk down the Thames to the London Eye for a beautiful view of city at night. Today we started out with Buckingham Palace for changing of the guards, Canada war memorial and Canada gates as well as the Spencer house, Wellington Arch, Aplsey House and the British Museum for a wonderful tour of Egypt, Greece and Roman history. Tonight we are going to Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Jason is very excited to following in some of the footsteps of his hero Rick Steves.
Walking this much not only hurts the feet! Our room at our hotel takes us on a breathtaking journey up 55 narrow winding stairs which makes the stairs at our last house pale. I’m glad to have already booked a massage for when we get home. I picked up a purse in the market here already and a pen for our son Nate. We have become very acquainted with the subway which has been very easy to navigate. Between the tube and airports I haven’t been on this many moving sidewalks and escalators in my life as I have in the last few days. Our travel agency’s slogan is “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” – St. Augustine. Our little girl has given us reason to see much more of the world then we ever imagined thank-you for teaching us!