It was sad to say goodbye to Michelle this morning, we left her at the train station, our last memory of her was the view through the glass window of the train as she waved us goodbye.
The train sped us to London and we checked into our hotel in the historic County Hall beside the London Eye. We hit the streets and walked down Whitehall, past Downing Street and to Buckingham Palace to see the pomp and ceremony of the Changing of the Guard. It rained a little but not enough to worry us. I took AJ to Piccadilly Circus where we had a quick pizza lunch overlooking the busy streets. We wandered to Fortnum and Mason, St James Palace, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square and back down Whitehall to Westminster Abbey for a tour, it was so beautiful.
In the afternoon we were booked for a flight on the London Eye. The view is great to get one's perspective on this vast city. Straight after the London Eye we cruised up and down the Thames, past the HMS Belfast and Tate Modern, all the way to Tower Bridge, surely the most beautiful bridge in the world.
Alex was agog at all the cars he was seeing, Porches, Aston Martin's, Lambo's etc, they are literaly everywhere.
8pm arrived and saw us walking Park Lane, as the night lights twinkled, to The Dorchester Hotel...WOW. We were treated to an amazing night's dining, Scottish lobster no less, a tour of the kitchen and a great interview with the chef Brian Hughson who has recently taken over the hotel kitchen - lucky Londoners I say.
We stopped by Piccadilly Circus on our way home to see the night lights.
