With our London passes still valid, I decided to get more value for my money and visit a few more places. First stop was Westminster Abbey. Interesting but slightly creepy with all those dead people packed in. I was a Di Vinci code failure however, not finding Isaac Newton's memorial. (As an aside, on our way to Chelsea F.C. the previous day we had taken a "short cut" through the cemetery at Brompton. Space is not just at a premium for the living in London but also the dead. We were amazed at the number of headstones, not just the age of some of them but also how many there were and how closely they were together).
I had then planned to walk past the Horse Guards and down The Mall to Buckingham Palace. However, like much of the open spaces in London at the moment it was fenced off in preparation for Olympic events. Never mind, I walked down Birdcage Walk instead to the Royal Mews to look at the Queen's carriages, cars and horses.
Final verdicts:-
* Queen's can keep their cold castle's, a Princess in a Palace is the way to go! (maybe I will send Jessie around the corner to Hyde Park to try her luck kissing
frogs)
* The Underground, while generally hot and crowded, is certainly the most efficient way to get around London. I was amazed at what a whizz Jake was at getting us swapping from line to line at the right station while I was still squinting trying to read the map!
Gayle
Location:The Big Red Bus Tour- blue route
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