Gone to London to See the Queen...but she was not taking visitors

We made it to London with all our luggage and immediately found out just how big London is. It took us an hour and a half by underground to get to where we are staying. And as planned, my mother and sister joined us shortly after. They will be with us until Saturday.

The past 2 days we have been exploring London by train, bus, boat, and walking. What a maze of streets and history!!! I don't know how the guides remember it all or how the buses get around so well. I am sure glad I am not driving. We are checking out all the usual London highlights; Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey, The Tower Clock and Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, and Picadilly Circus. Today, we visited Buckingham Palace beautiful place but the Queen was not taking visitors.

The boys are doing well and they both seem to have figured out how the London Underground works. I think they could find their way home from central London to where we are staying in Becontree. My mother is doing her best to keep up but at 75 she finds it hard going up and down the stairs of the Underground.

Tomorrow we are off to the British Museum and Platform 9 and  3/4 for all you Harry Potter fans.