Wow...things have been a bit hectic as we have in our opinion "done" London in 48 hours. We are staying with our friends Darren and Pam Prince(two kids named Lucy and Jesse) who live in the East part of London. It has been REALLY great to be with people who we can have some intellectual and honest conversation with. Over our time running around cities, most of our conversation has been with tour guides, so this was actually a big answer to prayer. Definitely has been fun to share and listen to each others stories.
So, we felt like we sold out to the ways of the average tourist a bit here in England when we bought a 24 hour open air tour bus ticket. Basically it allows you to jump on and off a bus, along with a few other perks, for 24 hours with a guide. You stick out like a sore, almost pulsating thumb, but it was actually a great call. We are a bit tuckered out of being the two lost tourists in a big city, so this allowed us to see: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, the London Bridge, Tower Bridge, London Tower, London Eye, John Lennon's house, Sean Connery's house, etc...The last two were part of the cheesy, mega "touristy" part of the ride...fit Jon well. We actually even got to fulfill one of Jan's dreams of going to Le Miserables at the Queen's Theater tonight. It was incredible.
We try to find a train to Southampton tomorrow and jump on another extreme bargain cruise for the next 16 days. We will be in Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, France, Italy, Croatia and Albania. Should be a blast...
This is a short one because it is almost 2am over here and we leave in the morning, but we may try to add a little something before we get on the train tomorrow.
Much love from Jon and Jan...
pictures: top pic is at Buckingham Palace after the changing of the guard. bottom pic is on river boat with Big Ben and Westminster Abbey in background
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