One Step at a Time: Hello London!

We had such a good time in London! Everything was perfect! We met Luke at the airport, all planes arrived on time, luggage made it, and we headed to the hotel! I don’t want to go into too much detail, as I am afraid it will get too LONG! I’m going to hit the highlights, and if you have questions, please email, facebook, or comment! We had a good overview tour of the city by taking a “hop on-off” bus tour, and a river cruise. It really gave good insight as to where everything was located, and then we WALKED, and WALKED, and WALKED! We visited The Tower of London...it was number “one” on all of the guides I read. It was built to be a fortress, and had been used for many things, including a prison. The “Beefeaters” were guides, and told fascinating stories of the history of The Tower. Many prisoners were beheaded, and their heads put on spears and “posted” at the London Bridge! Ugh! Anyway, they reveled in telling those types of stories! We also saw the Changing of the Guard and toured Buckingham Palace. It was absolutely beautiful! We loved seeing the sights...Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and so many more. Winston Churchill’s underground war room bunker headquarters was interesting as well. The soldiers there “tidied” up their desks the evening the war was over, as though they would be coming back the next day. It was then sealed, and not bothered until nine years ago. Everything was very much the way it was left that day. We also visited the National Art Gallery, seeing amazing art by Picasso, Monet, Rembrandt, and many more. We LOVED Lion King, and “shopped” at Harrods and Selfridges. We bought tea at Twinings, the original shop that provides tea for the Queen! The architecture all over the city was amazing; so ornate and beautiful. There were so many pretty parks. One park was called Green Park, and had no flowers! Over two hundred years ago, the queen at the time (I don’t remember who) would get upset because visitors would walk through the park and pick the flowers to bring to her. She did not want them picking the flowers, so she ordered that the park have no flowers! St James Park, however, was loaded with flowers. All of the parks had chairs, and great crowds of people just relaxing! We found many friendly people in London. They were so anxious to tell the history of the city, and neat anecdotes! “Michael” stood with us at the Changing of the Guard. He has lived in London for many years, and was FILLED with interesting stories! We loved eating at the London Pubs...I think that actually turned out to be my favorite part of the trip! That…and seeing Luke! It was so fun to enjoy this trip with him and Larry! The weather was cool, rained just a bit...a magical trip! God led us One Step at a Time!