Touring London

July 7th brought the much anticipated tour of London. I asked the tour guide to take us by the Ministry of Defence and Savile Row. I could see the place where James Bond worked, and the place where The Beatles had their offices. They were gracious to do that. We also got to see The Tower of London, the Crown Jewels, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, and the Changing of the Guard, among other things. We took a lot of pictures at the Old Curiosity Shoppe. That afternoon was supposed to be for rest, but who could rest? Some of us wanted to go to the British Museum, so we took the tube from our hotel there. The problem was that we got there 30 minutes before it was closing, so we only got to see a couple of things. It was hard to remember to look right and then left before crossing the street without being hit. One of our tour members, Mrs. Sitton, dropped her camera in the street. She thought she had broken it. She ended up buying slides and postcards to make up for the broken camera. She didn't find out until getting home that her camera didn't break after all. That night, we went to the theatre to see "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie. I guess it was good. I slept through most of it. I still had not mastered jet lag. I wish we could have stayed longer in London. After all, they spoke English, or at least some did. We were quite surprised how many foreigners made up the people there, but it was a good start to what would be an adventure.