Visiting London 1

On our first afternoon we could visit the Big Ben and see Westminster Abbey. The Weather was cloudy and there were some gatherings at the Westminster Abbey, so we just walked around a bit and back to Trafalgar Square to our bus. It was exciting for our first visit in London.

We really started to appreciate our hotel, especially the location and easy transportation. the beds were comfortable and bathroom a good size. It was surrounded by stores and restaurants. We forgot an adapter and could purchase one at good price from a close by electronic store.

Next morning we woke up to a rainy day and I had to adjust our itinerary. We decided to go to the RAF museum. After a quick breakfast at the McDonald on the corner, we took the tube to Swiss cottage, then a bus 113 to Hendon center, and then the bus 186 to Heritage Avenue, which was very close to the museum. We arrived before museum opening and waited about 10 minutes with other visitors, then in we went as they had opened at 10AM.

The museum is big and was interesting to visit, although it doesn't compare to Le Bourget  museum North of Paris (nothing compares to it really). I found interesting they had included some Canadian aviation history as well in the RAF museum. It was bigger than the aviation museum in Ottawa, but the Ottawa one is also a good museum. We spent our morning there and then took the bus back to Hendon Center where we had lunch at a Subway.

The choice of subs were different from Montreal. my Italian sub which I requested all dressed was good but they also included some corn and carrots, very strange mix to the rest of ingredients. Back home when we order all dressed, I don't expect everything in store, but each sub has a specific filling. Well, this is London I guess.

While we were having our lunch the weather has improved and we decided to take the bus 113 to the teminus, Marble Arch, to see more of London. Some patches were really typical English but many were so similar to Montreal, which is a mix of some older and modern architecture.

We crossed most popular shopping areas in Oxford Circus and neighbor streets. We walked a bit to Hyde Park, then decided to take the tube back to Big Ben and Westminster Abbey in good weather for walking and pictures. More gatherings around the Abbey and they even closed the street for Parliamentarians to cross the street to the abbey for commemorations of a recently killed member.
We just stayed away, as I don't like big crowds. But Big Ben was really nice and so was the Parliament building. we walked across the bridge for nice views, and just soaked up nice weather and atmosphere before going back to our bus then picked up big buns from Ribman at the Euston station, right across from the bus stop.

My husband also had some sauerkraut, which was not as good as expected. Our son didn't like the bread, but the meat was delicious.