Europe Stop One

Hey anyone who cares I am not going to write too much and save it for our stories later - but here are pictures from our time in London. The first day we went to the Tower of London which I had been to before, but it was new to the newbies (mom and J) we then went on a walk around town taking the Underground which is always fun. We were traveling in a gaggle of 50 people so it is a little difficult but the kids are surprisingly responsible and timely. We only had one throw up on the plane and one get left at a restaurant - both of which were rectified pretty quickly. :-) We also did the Picadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and wandered around Chinatown on the first day. The second day we went to St. Paul's Cathedral (no pictures allowed inside) then by Parliament, watched the changing of the guard, went in the London Eye, and saw Buckingham Palace and went to see Wicked - which I slept through the first act. Third day we headed up to Anne Hathaway's house and Shakespeare's house in Stratford England. Honestly those were kinda dumb. Although the towns were cute and it was fun to see a part of England I never have.

Then on the third day we hiked to the train station bid England farewell and went under the English Channel in the Eurostar Chunnel and went to Brussels, Belgium and then to Amsterdam (of course we are doing the cheap route and we are like 15 mins outside of Amsterdam in some creepy suburb. Those pictures are to come.

We miss everyone!

PS (after reviewing the photos many need explanation - so one is that Macdonalds that is on Fleet Street is where the Pie Shop was in Sweeney Todd musical show - ironic, isn't it? - The door was Bloomsbury where Harry Potter was published)