After a mini-break in Europe it was back to the hectic London schedule. Today we went all over the place and in doing so we took five different transports: the tube on the underground, a black cab, a train, a bus and then finally the Thames Clipper. Don’t tell me I’m not showing my family what London is all about. Heh heh.

Our first stop for the day was the Tower of London. The Tower of London was built over a millennia ago and since then has played a large part in the history of England. Currently it is the home of the Crown Jewels, one of the more fascinating exhibitions inside the Tower of London today. Visiting the Crown Jewels involves getting on to a moving walkway – I guess this is to give everyone an opportunity to see the jewels – as judging from the queue markers the lines could get as long as the lines at Disney.

The best way to learn about the Tower of London is to join one of the free beefeater tours. The only draw back is that the group can get quite unwieldy so you just have to be nimble and get close to beefeater when he stops to talk.

After Tower of London it was off to London Bridge for what Pat considers one of the best fish and chips venues in all of London – The Archer! Batter was very good and fish was very nice!

Then it was on to something even I’ve not done before – a visit to the Thames Barrier. The world’s second largest movable flood barrier lies not too far from Greenwich. Getting there wasn’t the easiest but it was worth it to visit something that not many people get to see … except perhaps on TV or in a movie! I reckon they would have been cool to see when they do their annual test.

From one landmark that not many people visit to another which everyone would probably visit sometime in their life – the Royal Observatory, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World. Standing on O degrees is a very popular attraction! We had a truly glorious day for our day trip to this side of town. Views from the top of Greenwich park were lovely!

We then hopped on to the Thames Clipper to get back into Central London. A very nice ride which … had a few of us fall asleep! LOL.

Which was a good thing because then everyone was refreshed for Thriller Live. Didn’t really want a repeat of Sister Act. Heh heh.

Here is now nice the day was – we even caught a rainbow in a Trafalgar Square fountain.