Life in Texas: London, UK

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

London, UK - 1 of 2

My parents have been in town the past two weeks and we have LOVED having them here! Caden loves and adores them and we do too! We have been able to take some really nice trips while they are here. Last weekend we went to Berlin, which we loved! I'll blog about that later. This past week/weekend we spent in London. We left last Thursday morning and returned on Tuesday. This was Caden's 19th country to visit. Collin and I went there three years ago for two nights but this was Caden's and my dad's first time to visit the UK. We had a wonderful time in London!

I'm going to break our trip up into two blog entries since there's so much to say and lots of pictures.

London - 1 of 2

Thursday, the day we arrived we went to the Tower of London. When Collin and I went to London three years ago we were on a very tight budget (which is hard to be on since London is very expensive). We didn't do many attractions, except for the London Eye and the Hop on Hop off bus which included a river tour. Other than that we didn't go in anything but rather enjoyed the parks and memorials. So this time around we were looking forward to visiting more things. The Tower of London was amazing. It's where the Crown Jewels are held. You can't take any pictures of them but it was neat to see. I didn't realize it was so big. It's basically it's own little city within London.

Outside the Tower of London

Caden pretending to be a lion in the animal area of the Tower of London

Friday, we went to St. Paul's Cathedral, took a river cruise down the Thames, and then to Wimbledon. Like last time, it took a long time to get to Wimbledon. Sadly we missed the last tour and only got to the see a few of the courts and the gift shop. But it's worth going to if you're a tennis fan, which we are.