Sunday, Bloody Sunday!

Had the day off today, so I thought I would take a nice "touristy" walk about London.

Jumped on to the tube on Gloucester Road (my local stop) and took a ride down to the River Thames. It was only about seven tube stops away on the same line which took no more that 15 minutes.

I walked out of the station and BOOM, there was the river, there was the London Eye, and there was Big Ben. Being that I was just taking a stab at the stop to get off at, I guess it was pretty good luck.



Next to the London Eye was tourist central! There was an art museum, an aquarium, a haunted house, and even bumper cars!

What else would a tourist need?

Apparently, tourists also need mimes. There was one strip of sidewalk that was "Mime City" (as I like to call it). There were more mimes in that 100 foot stretch than all of the continental states combined (I can't vouch for Hawaii and Alaska). Some of the mimes were the classic Frenchies, some were the silver and gold folk, and then there were the headless ones. New concept for me, guess I am not up on my mimes. One thing I do know is that if I were a child, they all would have scared the hell out of me!

Wandered around there for a bit and took some more pictures (check out the slideshow - just click on and and you can see all of my pictures). Eventually it was time to move on, and I got back on the tube.

Got back on the tube and took it to a station called "Monument". Sounded interesting, so I got off the train. I exited the station and there it was, a big monument. I don't know what "The Monument" as it was marked was monumenting (my own word, like it?) but it was definately a monument. That held my interest for....about ten seconds. I wandered down the road and turned the corner. At that point, Liz texted me and asked if I had seen the bridge yet. I nievely replied "we are close" but realistically had no clue how close we were. The only thing I knew is that we were somewhere near the river. At that point I looked at a sign and it said London Bridge, convenient.

It was a good day to view the bridge today. Sun, some nice clouds, it all worked out to give me some nice pictures.

You will see in some of the pictures, there is a warship docked next to the bridge. It was the HMS Belfast. Note to self, go back and take a tour.

I stopped at a pub at the base of the bridge and grabbed a pint of London's Pride for good measure, then it was time to head home.

I am now home. Believe it or not, there is a football (European) game on while I am typing this that looks pretty good. I am more excited for the American football coming on tonight. I am ready for some football! Thankfully, they play it live on TV over here, so that works out well!

For the record, I will take Philly and Pittsburg with the points (remember, there is a reason I don't really gamble!).

Take care all!

Scott