Another day down and only a few more to go. I have to amend something I wrote yesterday, I had thought I was meeting a guide this morning, but in actual fact he is meeting my mother and me tomorrow. I have been on the go so much that I seem to have lost track of the days. I guess its beginning to be like that old movie, 'If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'. Well, at any rate, I'm glad that I checked my e-mail and realized that I had the wrong date before I went down to the lobby and wasted half the morning waiting for someone that wasn't even coming!
So I had to sort of improvise today's itinerary. I decided to start the day with the Tower of London. The only problem was the Tube. I had a route selected and we made our way through the stations, only to find that the stations were closed where we needed to go. So improvising we decided to walk. It took us about an hour (because it was a little further than I thought) but we finally made it. It was well worth the walk. The Tower of London is quite impressive. There is so much to see and do there, that there is no way anyone could see everything in 1 day. So we put on our running shoes and got to work. We saw the Crown Jewels, the ravens, the White Tower, and walked through several other towers. There were many exhibits and many shops, and at the end of everything (about 2 hours) we were feeling pretty drained.
We walked across the Tower Bridge, and ate lunch at a small pub (I had sausages and mash for the first time). Afterwards, because we were now on the other side of the Thames River, we took the subway to the British Museum (there were 3 or 4 connections on the route but we handled them like champs!).
The British Museum is another attraction that could take weeks to tour the entire thing. Even though we were drained (which seems to be happening more and earlier the later into this adventure we get) we got to work. We basically sprinted through the rooms while absorbing as much as possible. We were there for about an hour, saw the mummies and the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman exhibits. It was incredible, and a lot bigger than I ever expected. Hopefully I'll be able to get back and give it the time it deserves someday.
For the evening I've just been trying to prepare us for the impending strike. It is going to be very interesting for us to get around without the tube. I'm not looking forward to it. Well, I'm tired and tomorrow is another day, the day I actually thought we were going to have today. A tour of London awaits in the morning. Until then...
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