Europe 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Thursday Sept 23rd

Today we went to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet war rooms. The war rooms have been preserved as is since the end of the war and only opened in the 90`s. There is an audio guide which tells you all about how Churchill and his staff ran everything from here during WW2. This is underground with a cement roof and buildings over the top. The Museum was really interactive and hi tech and you could find out anything about WW2 and Churchill. The kids went to the stop where they were supposed to meet the photo guide but could not find him so came back early. I emailed the lady and she says the guide was there and was looking for them. She says they can go Friday or Saturday. This afternoon we toured Westminister Abbey with the kids. There is and Audio guide here also which explains everything. Lots of Monuments and Toombs and Susan was creeped out. It rained this morning for the first time on our trip but is not this afternoon. The kids are gone to the Tate Modern and Susan and I are off to our farewell Pub dinner and river cruise with our tour group. We hope to have Sarah play the pipes for everyone when we return this evening. Sorry no pictures but will post lots later.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Wednesday Sept 22

Hi There, I am still in charge whether Ryan knows it or not. Their airplane landed at 7.30 but they didn't appear til at least 9.30. Customs was really slow and they were detained because they are minors. They paged me on the loudspeaker to report to the info desk. I talked to the customs lady and they were released, I thought about not bailing them out but knew what a hassle Susan would give me if I came back without them. After going to a restaurant on the South Bank and feeding them Susan and I went with our group to the Imperial War Museum. Really a neat place with lots of real airplanes and tanks. Lots of exhibits about both wars and each front had their own sections. This evening Sarah, Ryan and I went on the Jack the Ripper walk with London Walks. It was very informative and through a really neat part of town with narrow streets lots of pubs and ethnic restaurants but was not scary at all. Susan stayed with the tour group this morning and toured the downtown area by bus. They saw the Changing of the Guard and were inside St. Pauls Cathedral. Susan and I also went to the Wed evening prayer service at Westminister Abbey at 5pm which lasted about an hour. Tomorrow is the last day of our tour. We do a bus tour to various sites and go inside the Winston Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms. We also have a dinner with a river cruise after dinner. Ryan and Sarah go on the Hairy Goat Photography Tour at 11 tomorrow which goes to various parts of downtown where they show people how to take unique pictures of the area. They plan to visit the Tate Modern art museum in the afternoon. I will post photos of London tomorrow I hope.

ALL YOUR POSTS BELONG TO US!

Hello, this is Ryan, and I am now controller of this blog! We arrived in London at 730h local time, but left at 1000h after going through customs.
All for now, Ryan.