We bought a ticket on the hop on hop off bus and hopped on.
We found out that there are lots of taxis and red buses in London and that the traffic is lousy at times, and sometimes you don't get too far. This gave an excellent opportunity to watch the people.
We can see why the underground might be preferable.
We did manage to get taken to lots of places we have heard about or seen in movies and pictures but never seen in real life and to hear some history and interesting facts as we went without having to worry about where how we were going to get there.
It was a relatively good day-grey in the morning, but sunning up in the afternoon.
We hopped off to get lunch practically in the shade of Nelson's column (boy that is tall!) , hopped on again and travelled over the Thames to the Tower of London. We were just in time to attach ourselves to the last free tour by a beefeater for the day (which was highly amusing and informative) . That left us with a little time to look at the crown jewels. I was surprised that this was a whole collection of items used for coronations and other ceremonies not just the jewels in the crowns.
We basically left as they closed, and used a river cruise to get back to Westminster area, where we took a bit of a closer look at the houses of parliament and Westminster Abbey before walking over the Westminster Bridge to find ourselves some tea.
By the time we had eaten some yummy Japanese noodles and rested for a while it was time to hop back on the bus for a night tour. It was getting chilly, but we opted for the top deck again for the views. Two hours later we hopped off near Victoria station and took what is now becoming a fairly familiar route back to our lodgings, basically falling into bed.
Today we are heading out again to see what we can see. Who knows what the day may hold.
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