We had the opportunity to go to London this week. One of our missionaries has had some health problems and it was decided that she would finish her mission working at the London Temple and Temple Visitor's Center. Our mission president asked us if we would be interested in taking her to her new assignment and then if we wanted we could stay overnight and see some of the sights in London.
After leaving our car parked at Heathrow Airport we jumped on the subway and headed into the heart of London. We had purchased some tickets for the play Wicked and booked a hotel room nearby on the internet. Our subway exit was just a few blocks away. We found a place for dinner and really enjoyed the play.
The next day we booked ourselves on the hop on hop off tour bus that goes to all the London sites.
Our first stop was Trafalgar Square, where they have a statue of my Great, Great, Great Grandfather, Lord Horation Nelson on top of a tall column in the center of the square.
The next stop was the Tower of London where they keep the Crown Jewels. It also has quite a gruesome history of famous executions. Off with their heads!!!
This is Tower Bridge, not London Bridge. London bridge is quite modern and boring.
Our final stop was Westminster Abby, the Houses of Parliament, and Big Ben where we learned that Big Ben is not a clock but is the large bell in the clock tower.It was a quick trip and we didn't get to see a lot but we were grateful for the break and were able to create some fond memories.
I am jealous...wish we could have been there. And you were right, there was way too much room in that phone booth :( I am glad you were able to have enjoyable trip and a little get away. Looks like you had a good time and I bet Dad loved all of the history!
ReplyDeleteWonderful. hardly recognized you out of uniform. ;-) So what's this Admiral Nelson relation thing? Glad you like Wicked.
ReplyDeleteSo fun! I'm glad you had a little time off! Love and miss you! Love: Ali xoxo
ReplyDeleteJ. and I did London just about the same way you did only we saw Lion King! It was a two day trip with Paige when we had taken her to France, but it was fun and the bus was a good way to see a lot in a very short time! Love ya!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun couple of days. I think you saw and did a lot in that short amount of time. Tom and I were in London for a week when he played a game with the 49ers. I think we saw Les Miserable and a russian ballet. It sounds like you did almost as much as we did. Glad you got a few days off and got to explore new sights.
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