Today we adventured as true Londoners.
Alison is walking in a very controlled manner.
Lots of photos on this trip with funny faces. Lyla was often grumpy, but she was almost always up for a funny face photo.
We visited Westminster Abbey. We also visited Westminster when we visited in August 2016, but we were so rushed that we felt like we didn't get to appreciate, admire and really enjoy it. Westminster is chock full of amazing monuments and graves. This visit we listened to the full audio tour and loved visiting the graves of so many famous scientists, authors, royalty and martyrs.
No photos inside the Abbey, so we had to settle with loads of photos around the outside.
Big Ben peaking through.
Amazing. Britain's oldest door. Who keeps track of these things?
This was Alison's phone background for like a year.
The Abbey. Again with Big Ben peaking through (technically the Elizabeth Tower as Big Ben is the bell inside).
Such a beautiful Parliament Building.
We arrived in London a couple of weeks after a terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge where the attacker drove a car into a crowd of people on the bridge. This was a makeshift memorial for the victims.
We love utilizing public transport when we visit big cities. Instead of buying a tube pass today, we had a bus pass. We caught a bus right by Westminster Abbey and grabbed the seats in the front row of the top level.
We had to catch another bus to get us to the Tower Bridge.
The beautiful Tower Bridge.
I don't know why that guy is wearing the mask. He must have thought we were in Mexico.
From Britain's oldest door to Britain's smallest door. This one is just Lyla's size.
You can see the shard off to the left.
Here we see the gherkin and the cheese grater.
We took a tour up into the Tower Bridge.
Looking through the glass floor.
Photos in front of a double decker bus are a must when in London.
We visited St. Paul's Cathedral, but it was going to close in like 20 minutes, so we decided not to pay the entrance fee and instead just walked around the cathedral.
After St. Paul's we walked to the National Gallery of Art. Above is Whistlejacket by George Stubbs.
Monet.
Van Gogh. Long Green Grass with Butterflies. On a side note, if you love Van Gogh, then I cannot recommend the film Loving Vincent enough. The entire film is animated with paintings done in his style. More than 65,000 paintings.
Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
Thumb's up for the big thumb.
Yet another picture with the Elizabeth Tower.
Pizza at Garfunkel's.
This phone booth smelled like pee.
One last bus to take us home to our airbnb. Ada has embraced life as a Londoner.
Tomorrow: More London tourism.
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