The wheels on the bus go round and round

Well, Best Western has been a bit of a disaster - our first room was 27C (which is the equivalent of around 86F) and had no AC or fan, so we got moved, second room reeked of smoke (we had booked a non smoking room) so we moved again, third room seemed great until 6:30am when remodeling was being done on the room directly above our heads and the bed and window began to shake, we moved, our current room you cannot close the bathroom door and the shower leaks - but by this point we have given up!!!

Today we headed out to the tourist information office to find a tour bus. They were selling tickets to everything in the city, but we decided to by on an as visited basis since there was no discount and everything was $$$ ! We jumped on the big bus and headed to the roof - the basic tour was 2 hours, and the package included extra options for two walking tours and a river cruise from Westminster to the Tower of London. It was alot of fun, and there was so so much to see - we went past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, BA London Eye, Florence Nightingale's Museum, Lambeth Palace, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House, St. Paul's Cathedral, Swiss RE Tower, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Trinity Square Gardens, Marble Arch, Hard Rock Cafe, Trafalgar Square, the River Thames, and more! It was crazy to see so much and we were so overwhelmed! We rode half of it over again just to make sure we had seen it all!

Next we went on a river cruise on the River Thames from Westminster up to the Tower of London - it was a great way to see some of the huge buildings from a more visible point, as when you are too close you can't take them all in!! We also saw Cleopatra's Needle which was a column of hieroglyphics with a Sphinx either side... but they were facing the wrong way, because when they were set down no-one realized that they should be facing out, not in, and the cement had already dried by the time it was pointed out! At the Tower of London we walked around the outside and then since it was getting late we hopped on the underground back to Paddington and got some dinner before heading in to type this up!