Wednesday 8th July 09

London: breakfast was busy. We had to wait for a table at 8.30am.
Didn’t plan anything for today but decided to head down to the river. Came out of the underground at Westminster to be looking at Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Busy area. Went down to the river and asked about cruises. We didn’t want a short cruise so found one that was 3hrs all up. We went down the river past several bridges including Tower Bridge which is impressive and stopped at Greenwich and then on to the Thames Barriers. On the return journey we got off at Greenwich and walked through the grounds and a couple of buildings of Greenwich University then on to the National Maritime Museum, Queen’s House and the Royal Observatory. I rained again, thanks for the umbrella Carole, and then we headed back to catch the 5pm boat back to Westminster.
Too early to go back to the hotel so walked, to Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly. Found the theatre area and had dinner just up from Piccadilly.
It’s true what people have been telling us, that you don’t hear much english on the streets, it just seemed to be a sea of tourists and so many different languages.
Stood up after having dinner and was as stiff as a board and feet moaning. We then had to get on the tube. Push, shove, don’t care, just got to get on that train whether there is space or not. (not us of course, but Owen is threatening to tomorrow!) Got back to our room at 7.30pm to find a lovely note from the american girl we had dinner with last night, thanking us for inviting her to join us. Was lovely
Forgot to give you the web address for our hotel.
http://www.sarova.com/rembrandt/ We are in a superior room. Not a front view of course.