A double-decker bus day

OK, so my new plan is to inundate you with blog posts, just to annoy you all.  But seriously if I don't get some of this written down, I will forget it all!  

Two weekends ago we did a more proper London trip, since all we saw on the first trip in was the Red Bull Air Races!  We bought tickets on a double decker bus tour of the city.  We figured it would be an easy way to see lots of sights with the boys, and we were mostly right!

We started out the day by loading in the Jetta, then driving an hour to the closest tube stop, then after another hour long ride on the subway, we were in Piccadilly Circus where we got on our bus.  We were tired before we even started!  But both boys were pretty happy once we got on the bus.  

After riding around for a while and taking in some sights... yes, that's Westminster Abbey and Parliament, we got off and let the boys play for a while.  Nice view huh?  

Then it was back on the bus to drive over London Bridge, and then Tower Bridge.  So cool.  We got off the bus at the Tower of London and walked around for a while.  How cool is that?  We're at the Tower of London, and not on vacation!

Part of our ticket price included a boat ride down the Thames, so how could we resist?  On the boat we got this awesome view of the Tower Bridge.  It might be my favorite structure in London so far. 

After the boat ride we headed for dinner... the boys were pretty frazzled by this point, so a fancy dinner was out of the question.  Mmmm, McD's to the rescue!  Some things are the same the world over!  We then pushed our luck and took one more bus tour.  We drove by the famous Harrod's department store.  We were experiencing complete melt-down by this point, (can you say ear plug?) so going in was going to have to wait for another day.  

All in all it was a great day.  We spent about 12 hours in cars, trains, buses, and a boat, so we were all a little pooped, but it was well worth it.  We're willing to do it again when you all come to visit!