London: Day 2 (posted a day late)

This was a day full of walking. At least three miles of unintentional walking. We started the day by heading to the British Museum. It was amazing. With trusty Rick guiding us around (Our Rick Steves guidebook and audio tours are so helpful!) we made our way through ancient civilizations.

Then, we decided to head to St. Paul's Cathedral. From the map we had that showed the main attractions, it looked like a couple blocks (TOPS) from the museum.... That was a total lie. It was at least 2 miles away. Definitely regretted not taking the tube. So we get to St. Paul's and find out that there was a special service going on, and we missed the last tour going inside. A little bummed, we decided to put it off and go to the Tower of London instead. Again, from the map we had, it looked like an even shorter distance. So we decided to hike the couple blocks (we thought). Totally wrong. At least another mile and a half. Once we were FINALLY at another sight, we got the (pretty expensive) tickets and waited for the beefeater tour to begin. Let me just say that those beefeaters are the best tour guides we've had so far. They were so funny and full of fun facts about the Tower. After that tour, we got to see the Crown Jewels. With the biggest diamond in the WORLD. 503 carats to be exact. Sadly, we weren't able to take pictures, and there were too many guards around to even try to take an illegal picture. We wandered around a little bit more, this time reading Rick's tour off the Kindle (which was so much more convenient than the book version). Tired and sore, we hopped back on the tube and headed back home for the day.

That night we watched some British TV which was actually really really funny. I have some new shows to find online :)

Sorry for not posting last night, it was pretty exhausting and we were slugs after the girls went to bed.