What is the dumbest thing that you can do as a tourist in London? Is it sitting on an open-top tour bus for three hours in the middle of Winter? Maybe, but at least it wasn't raining. Actually it was pretty sunny for most of the day. Sunny and freezing. it was amazing though, and I would totally do it again, but definitely in the Summer next time.
Some highlights of the tour were Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral, Nelson's Column, Piccadilly Circus, Tower Bridge, and the Tower of London. It's a "hop on - hop off" tour and we actually hopped off half-way through the tour to have lunch at a very old pub called The Shipwrights Arms. Then we hopped back on and finished the tour.
Pleasingly, we got to ride the tube again today, (I love the tube) and this time we emerged in Waterloo Station, which was cool. We also rode on the London Eye and were amazed at how London stretches all the way to the horizon in all directions. In the evening we went to the Camden Markets, but disappointingly, most of the food vendors were closed.
Overall, it was a pretty surreal day, getting to see places and things that I have been hearing about my whole life. London has always been a mythical and mysterious place to me, and I feel glad to finally be paying it a visit.
Wish you were here.
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