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On day two in London, I wasn't feeling very well (why do I always get sick when I go out of the country) so Ben and I decided to take a slow day so I could nurse my cold. We had booked passes on a London hop-on hop-off tour bus, so we went down to Paddington Station and met up with the bus there. On the ride on the big red bus, we passed most of the major London sights, including the Marble Arch, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye, and St. Paul's Cathedral. The complete tour took about 2 hours, but we decided to hop off and take a rive cruise about half-way (it was included in our pass) at the Tower of London and took the cruise down the Thames. It was a great ride and a good chance to see more of the city. When we got off the boat, we stopped for lunch and a spot of tea. Unfortunately, Westminster Abbey was closed by the time we got over there since it was a Saturday, but we got to see all of the beautiful carvings and statues on the outside. From there we went over to Buckingham Palace and were just in time to see the changing of the guard. We picked up the bus again and rode it around to the National Museum of
Archeology and the Science Museum. We toured around those, avoiding screaming children when possible, and saw some pretty interesting things. I was getting pretty tired by the end of that though, so we went back to the hotel.In the evening, Ben and I went to a perfectly wonderful Italian restaurant for dinner. It was one of those places that makes their own pasta and all that. Afterward, we popped over to the pub next door for a quick drink before wrapping up our day.
We saw so much of London on Saturday and I don't think we missed anything.
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