Today we had breakfast at 7:45am. The breakfast in the hotel was really good,
it had a large selection of things to eat.
Pork n beans… (yes.. for breakfast) scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon,
juices, coffee, cereal, fruit, bread and rolls and more. We ate our fill and went to our meeting at
8:30am to review the schedule for the day and to get our tickets for the TUBE.
The schedule was being based a bit on the weather. Luckily today was a dry day so we were
scheduled to have our first go at taking the TUBE (Underground), walk to Trafalgar Square and then over to the changing of the guards at Buckingham palace.
The changing of the guard is not so much about the actual
changing but more about the pageantry involved with the new guards arriving,
the changing and then the old guards leaving.
The costume, the bands and the horses all were quite special. The entire changing took about an hour…. And
soon we were back to our meeting point to go onto the walking tour of London. We left Buckingham Palace and made our way down to Westminster Abby, the parliament building and Big Ben. From there we walked to #10 downing street and then the Horse guards, we walked a couple more blocks to
get to Trafalgar square and over the Covent
Gardens. Everyone was hungry but this time... so we had a quick meeting to review how to get back to the hotel (only a 10 minute walk. John and the coaches gave each group
information on how to get to where they wanted to go….. and everyone went to lunch.
Everyone made it home for the curfew…
Everyone made it home for the curfew…
Tomorrow.... the Hop on Hop off bus tour and shopping
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