London

So, we blitzkreiged London. My co-worker is leaving this trip before I am and as such we only had the one day to hit the highlights of London. I will be returning to the big city with my wife (she is coming over for our anniversary) in a few weeks.  So here is some highlights from out lightning tour.

 So here is Waterloo Station where we entered. We took the train. Only about an hour and a half, so really not too bad. Slept through most of the trip actually.

Here is the omnipresent London Eye, we didn't go up it, but it is something else to see a Ferris wheel that is that huge!

Look Kids Big Ben! There was a bicycle race going on the day we were there. It was a race against Prostate cancer. Made the initial figure out how to do things and get around phase difficult, but we quickly improvised, adapted, and overcame (straight to coffee as it were).

Westminster Abbey. We did not go in, as it is extremely expensive, but it was really cool to just walk around the grounds and realize again, that this building is older than our country. I am looking forward to when the wife comes, because i think we will be going inside this, I want to see some of the tombs and monuments, I think that stuff is righteously cool.

So, Buckingham Palace. Yeah, we got ripped off, because the guards with the funny hats were not there. The 7th Logistics Regiment was pulling guard duty, and there was not a changing of the guard ceremony that day either, so little bit disappointed. Also we had thought that Buckingham was going to be different looking. It really just looks like a big building, we thought something grander, more gold filligre that sort of thing, still cool. The monument in the foreground is the Monument to Victoria. That was pretty cool, also the traffic circle right in front there is a suicide dream, easiest place ever to get killed.

Wellington Arch. This was pretty cool. Hard to see in the picture there, but the arch is huge. There are some other memorials around this garden area, and it was neat just to see everything.

Tower Bridge. Now everyone thinks of this bridge as the London Bridge, which is incorrect. This bridge was started in 1886 and completed by 1894. Its really cool, highly recommended to spend the money and go through the exhibit. Expect quite a workout though as the steps are probably the spawn of the Devil.

Well that is it for now. I think I will throw a part II up in a little bit.