October Break

They have this fabulous idea in Scottish education call October break. So we had of from Oct. 10 to Oct. 20 and decided to do some exploring. We will have six weeks in total off during the year, so hopefully we will have many adventures. My parents were in town after spending a month in Sweden, Estonia, Russia and the Ukraine. We decided on a nice jaunt down to London again and then to the south coast to vist my cousin Debbie who married an englishmen years ago. Since we only spent less that 48 hours the first time down, we thought we would spend more time and do some of the tourist stuff. On the first day, by accident we went by the fountain that they built in memorium for princess Diana, it is in the middle of Hyde Park and it was a beautiful October day. We then had tea and crumpets at Harrods department store. We then went to St. Paul's Cathedral. After dinner we dropped off my parents at the hotel and went for a late night walk around London, ending again in Leicester square. The next day we went and saw the tourist hot spots of London. We went first to the Tower of London where you can find more history than in a book, not to mention the priceless crown jewels. We then went to the number one tourist spot in the world the London Eye. I will be honest, I had no interest in going on the eye, but it was a pretty cool experience and everyone should try it at least once. The pictures that are included from the first two days are Monique at the Princess Di memorial, Monique with a beefeater (which is what they call the guards at the tower) and finally some shots of London from the top of the world.