London Tour

The next day, we toured the sights of London. The Tower of London. Big Ben. Westminster Abbey. Buckingham Palace. Trafalgar Square. The Old Curiosity Shop. And other stuff. It was actually kind of a blur because of jet lag. I really don't see how some people do it. It took me about three days to get adjusted. That afternoon, some of us decided to go to the British Museum. We used the subway (tube) to get there, but we only had 30 minutes to see it, as we got there just before closing. The Rosetta Stone was about the only thing we saw. One thing that we had to get used to was the traffic. Having to look right then left was different than anywhere else, and we almost got run over several times. One thing about European drivers is that all bets are off. Forget stop signs or traffic lights. It is every man or woman for themselves. Good luck to the pedestrians. Another thing about London. The food was good, but they liked to serve the drink at the end of the meal. So, if something is hot, you just have to deal with it. I liked the bean soup, but not having water with it was tough. That night, we went to see the play "The Mousetrap". I guess it was good. Most of us slept through it. I didn't realize until about a year ago that one of the actors in the play was later "M" in some of the later James Bond films. After the play, we headed back to the hotel and to bed. I wish we had more time for London. That's one of the places that I would like to go back to. After all, most of the people there spoke English. Although, I was amazed how many Pakistanis were there. They seemed to work in the menial jobs, much like the Hispanics in the US. The tour had just started with lots more to come. Tomorrow, we would fly to Rome and another adventure.