Saturday, January 2, 2010

Last two days in London

  • Friday--New Years Day
We didn't get back to our hotel until 3am--and had left the hotel the previous morning at 9am. We were very exhausted. We spent the most of our morning & early afternoon sleeping. That may sound ridiculous, but there simply was no energy left in any of us.

We made our first attempt at Madame Tussaud's...a bust. The line was very long--so we decided to make a run for it the next morning. We ended up at Piccadilly Circus--bright lights, ton's of shops, theatres, restaurants, carnival rides...the works! We walked around & ended up having traditional fish & chips for dinner.

Saturday--Last Day
Woke up early! Ready to tackle another long day!

Madame Tussaud's
Still a 45-60 minute wait. Tons of people! I'm a sucker for wax museums. My cousin & I had gone to the one in Las Vegas. Plenty of time to fool around & pose with the statues--but not here. This was crazy-busy! We took a couple of pictures--but were more excited to leave than actually go there. It's comparable to the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame...something you feel you should see...but happy for it to be over with once your done.

Abbey Road
This was my favorite of the day! We took the tube to St John's Wood & did the nostalgic walk to the infamous Beatles "Abbey Road". Yes...we did the walk! Such dorks, but I love it! : )

Tower Bridge & Tower of London
We simply took pictures of both--by now we're pretty much over the "tour" thing. I think we are all pretty excited to go home. There was a fantastic french restaurant we went to near the bridge--I finally had the Christmas duck! : )

Recap:
  • Double-Decker Bus--check
  • Red Phone booth--check
  • Play or Musical--check
  • Crepes--check
  • Starbucks London cup--check
  • London Eye--check
  • Piccadilly Circus--check
  • Big Ben--check
  • Buckingham Palace--check
  • Westminster Abbey--check
  • Tower of London--check
  • Tower bridge--check
  • Parliament--check
  • Madame Tusauds--check
  • Abbey Road--check
  • Exhausted & ready to get home--check! : )

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