Hello Everyone!

We are writing to you from our Hyde Park Randor Hotel room located in the city of Westminster, London. We are 3 blocks from the Paddington Station...yes it is ok to think of Paddington bear, there was lots of Paddington merchandise for sale at the exit of the station.

Everything around our street looks like it is straight out of the movie "My Fair Lady" minus the cars of course.

After we checked into our hotel we went to get some lunch. We decided on a cute little sandwich shop but they were cash only so we settled for the oh so exotic Burger King. After lunch we navigated to tube to the Tower Hill station. We were hoping to tour the Tower of London but the guy at the ticket booth said we would have more time if we came back tomorrow. So instead we went on a "City Cruise" down the Thames River. It was very informative and entertaining-our Captain/Tour Guide was a regular comedian. We set sail from the Tower of London and went all the way down to Westminster Abbey. There was so much scenery to take in. We are hoping to get some actual touring in tomorrow.

We got some great photos of Big Ben though. Big Ben is actually the name of the bell, not the tower. The Captain/Tour Guide said that this is perhaps because the maker of the bell, Ben ...somebody, was a rather bell shaped individual.

It was a great day but we are exhausted and ready to sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a great day filled with seeing historic London.