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| A British Taxi |
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| The Tower of London |
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| Kensington Park |
David purposely booked our flight into London so that we would have a few hours to see some famous British landmarks. His original plan was to fly into London, take a train to Bordeaux to buy some wine, and then take another train to Madrid and then possibly fly into Lisboa, Portugal and then rent a car to drive to Cadiz. Beings this travel would have taken up our entire week, we came to a compromise to spend several hours in London and then fly into Lisboa to spend the weekend and then drive on to Cadiz.I had never really been interested in traveling to London before – not exactly sure as to why. However, now it is towards the top of my list of places I NEED to spend time in. Our 8 hour “layover” in London consisted of a train ride to Paddington, a walk through Kensington Park, and then a tour of the city on one of those site-seeing buses. It was drizzly (which I hear is quite common in London), so the bus ride was a warm welcome (especially since I left my only pair of close-toed shoes in Bangkok and my tootsies were freezing). We saw some great sites including St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, The London Eye and the House of Parliament to name a few. After a very busy day, we boarded a plane and head off to our next destination: Lisboa, Portugal.
I hope you get to walk up and down the river banks. It's a great way to see the city. I enjoyed our city tour bus ride, too. Downtown London was fun to walk through and watching the Royal Wedding was some fun now that I actually have walked on those very venues. Hyde Park was great fun, too!
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