London, Part 3

We are now in bonny Edinburgh and are enjoying the slightly slower pace of life (more to follow later). London was overwhelmingly big and noisy and bustling and dirty and exciting... lots of people, sirens, stairs (especially going down to the tube stations!), smoking, opportunities, grime, and history everywhere. We really enjoyed the range of things to see and do, and felt like we gave London a good go (for the two weeks or so that we were there). It is interesting trying to get the balance right for "sight-seeing" - one can very quickly reach saturation point with museums and art galleries etc so we are trying to be a little choosy in what we do each day. None-the-less, we don't want to lose sight of all the exciting opportunities we have while we're here!!!

Some of the other things we did in London that we really enjoyed but have not mentioned yet are: Greenwich (Reuben was particularly excited to go in the Royal Observatory there), Hampton Court Palace, the British Museum, climbing to the top of the St Pauls Cathedral dome, and attending a performance of the Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare's Globe (standing in the 'yard' with the rabble) - so much fun!

We've had a few misadventures already - have managed to lose Reuben's glasses (still trying to replace) and got our credit card swallowed in a ticketing machine (so we had to cancel it and are getting a new one delivered to an Amsterdam bank)... the joys of travel!

We were well looked after by Marisa (Reuben's sister) and really appreciated staying in her flat in Dulwich with her (thanks Marisa!!!)

View of London from St Pauls - you might be able to spy the London Eye on the other side of the river if you click on the photo to enlarge it...







View towards Tower Bridge from St Pauls.








Reuben and Marisa. If you click on the photo you might be able to see Big Ben in the background. This photo was taken on the Millenium Bridge.