We started at the London Eye, it was really fascinating. It takes about 30 mins to go round and although it doesnt feel like it was moving very fast, Craig said it was moving 4 ft per second. The day was good, the fog had lifted and we were able to see quite away around the City. Karen our built in guide was absolutely fantastic at pointing different bits and pieces out. The pods hold about 25 people, there would have been about 15 in ours so we didnt have to fight for viewing spaces hehe
We became very efficient on trains, tubes and buses today - again due to the knowledge of our wonderful guide Karen! I snapped a couple of piccies of us on the underground and the found out later photography isnt permitted - oops!
After the London Eye we quickly made it over to Madam Tussauds. We had pre purchased tickets and waited in a queue for about 20 minutes, the people who didnt purchase tickets were lined up about a kilometre down the street! Bugger that for a joke! We got our tickets for £16 each because we purchased them through the city tour bus company, normally tickets are £28 pounds. Personally I could have been really disappointed in the waxworks if we hadnt got cheap tickets. While the wax works were fascinating the crowds of people and the constant pushing and shoving got a bit tiring after a while. Karen and I both agreed they needed a bit of an intro about the wax works, there was nothing, nothing showing the history, how things are made, information about museum etc. However, I was happy to have a wee drink and giggle with Sean as you can see below. 
I also managed to have a chat to Blair and Bush to sort their shit out, if they listen or not is another story, watch this space ...
After Tussauds we jumped back on our open top tour bus and finished a leg of the city we didnt do yesterday. This is just coming into trafalgar square ... just people, cars - congestion everywhere!
We jumped off the bus at Westminster and tubed over to Hyde Park - I wanted to see the New Zealand memorial. On TV when it was unveiled ... is that the right word? It looked like huge carved wooden pieces, but its not ... they are steel girders with inscriptions and things on them. Some of them lovely, some of them um ... different. Each one had a cross on the top - it felt quite special being there.
After the memorial we wandered over to Buckingham Palace, Queen wasnt home but we snapped some pics of her quaint wee house in her absence.There was a brief discussion about hoofing it over to Harrods, but it was just past 3:30pm and getting dark (I still cant get used to that part) so we stopped at Starbucks for a coffee and then tubed back to Waterloo Station and onwards home.
I finally got my shopping look around in Wimbledon. I bought a pair of leather gloves and a lovely little travelling jewellery box for £10 - I'm wrapped with that!
We went to the Alexandra Pub for dinner with Karen and Graham. Thats it London sight seeing is done and dusted - didnt even scratch the surface really but saw enough to say we came, we saw, we conquered.
We're all packed to head to Newcastle by train tomorrow - to meet the coussie I havent seen since I was eight!
Not sure when we'll get a chance to update again - Happy New Year!
