• The Tower of London

    Today was our trip to the Tower of London. It started out beautiful! Sunny with white, puffy clouds in the sky. We took the London Underground (please mind the gap) to the tower. We arrived just in time to join a free tour guide as he walked a group of about 50 people around the …

  • Parks and Palaces

    Most of the star attractions for tourists in London are all reachable by foot covering a fairly short distance.  This walk covers great sights including Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye to name just a few.  If you just walked this without stopping you could probably do it in about two …

  • British Invasion

    Today we landed in jolly ol’ Great Britain and were greeted with cloudy skies and drizzle (as expected). Our overnight flight from Raleigh-Durham International to Heathrow International was long but uneventful. We checked in to our 5-star luxury accommodations at the Hilton Park Lane hotel and were assigned a wonderful room overlooking the famous Hyde …