London is quite big isnt it?! ... We started off quite technical by catching a train ... not a tube ... into Waterloo Railway station. From there we wandered up to the London Eye and made the executive decision that it was too foggy and that we had heard tomorrows weather is going to be better, so we've taken a punt and put that on the agenda for tomorrow. However, there is always a photo opportunity! It was bloody cold this morning - about 5 degrees, we were all thoroughly wrapped up and still our fingers froze! We were brave though and caught an open air double decker for a tour around the city - The Big Bus Company - one of those hop on hop off tours that you have a map and self guide yourself.
We took the red tour first, seeing all the wonderful architecture of London and finding the monopoly board - fleet street, the strand etc
Our first stop was tower of london - wow that was amazing! Spent a good couple of hours wandering around buildings over 900 years old. Blood thirsty lot they were back then ... the history is quite gorey, interesting but some of the stories not very pleasant.
With all unpleasantness there is always a photo opportunity with a cuddly toyyyyyyy! Trust us to find it - had to push children out the way to get in there!
Amazing how many red phone boxes are still around, I'm so colour co-ordinated with my scarf! We stopped at a pub for late lunch - Dickens Inn - Helena had to try the Fish'n'chips (very nice) Craig had the bangers, baked beans and chips - not too bad apparently. The day kind of ran away on us, we had to cut our touring short as it started getting dark (3:30pm) and the photo opportunities were running out. Madame Tussauds also had to wait until tomorrow. We ended up in Oxford Street - pretty lights and fantastic sales going on, but our mission was to get Craig to a HMV (music) store - brother Rob would be blown away by this store - two storeys with escalators! We then had dinner at a lovely little italian restaurant a couple of streets back from Oxford St - pasta and pizza - very nice. 
We then met up with Pete and Helena and got to the Queen - We Will Rock You Musical. What a stunning display of performers. It wasnt what we expected, actually we dont know what we expected, but we did enjoy it very much. Had fantastic seats and the performers had the most amazing voices - to reinact Freddy Mercury and get away with it is no easy task. After the show we stopped in at a small English style pub for a quick pint before heading down the underground to get to Waterloo Station and then transferring onto a train and back to Wimbledon. We did it and didnt get lost!Been up since 6 this morning, its now 1:00am! As we said, theres plenty of time to sleep on the way home!
