England

London was our first stop. We landed at noon and spent a couple hours on the tube getting Misty to Victoria Station and our hotel room. She still wasn't feeling very good. After an hour in the room, we ventured out to Westminster bridge. Misty still was not feeling well, so we returned to the hotel. She napped while Pete went to McDonald's for dinner. Pete also hiked up to Buckingham Palace that night.

The next morning Misty was feeling much better, so we took the double decker bus tour around London. We got off the bus in time to catch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. After that we grabbed some lunch and hit the British Museum. You can tell Britian was/is a world power. They have stolen artifacts from everyone. They have everything from the Rosetta Stone to most of the artwork on the Parthenon.

The next day we hit the Tower of London. It is awesome to see things built almost 1000 years ago. William the Conqueror was crowned in the White Tower in 1066! In the afternoon, we visited the British Library. This was one of our favorite places in London. The Magna Carta, Gutenburg Bible, Da Vinci's notebook, and original hand written lyrics of Beattle's songs. Hard Days Night was written on the back of a birthday card. There were tons of cool things there. That evening we went to Yo! Sushi for dinner. It is the world's longest sushi bar. It was a blast, but spendy. We both ate too much!

The next day was Westminster Abbey. We took the tour and saw where many of England kings and queens are buried, as well as Chaucer, Newton, and Darwin. We both thought is was weird Darwin was buried in a chruch. After running around town a little, we went to St. Paul's that afternoon. We took the tour, and then hiked up the steps to the dome for a great view of London.

We were off to Paris on the chunnel train the next morning.

Pete and Big Ben's silhouette.	Misty on Westmister bridge feeling a little green.	The next morning outside Victoria Station.	Victoria Station.	Waiting for the double decker bus tour.
Parliment and Big Ben from the bus.	Parliment as we are crossing Westminster Bridge.	Big Ben!	Pete on the bus with Trafalgar Square in the background.	View of Tower Bridge from London Bridge.
Misty at Buckingham Palace just before the changing of the guard.	Here comes the new guard.	All the tourists make changing of the guard a big zoo!	The new guard marching in.	More of the new guard.
Pete and the crowd.	The bobbies on horses are keeping us in line.	Out comes the old guard through the middle gate.	A shot of the palace.	The old guard coming out.
First the band.	Then the guard.	The guard marches out and the show is over.	Pete in the British Museum.	Pete with some pieces of the Parthenon.
Misty in the British Museum. Behind her is the Rosetta Stone.	Pete checking out the roof access our London hotel room had.	Misty writing in her journal outside the Tower of London.	Another shot of the Tower of London.	Pete listening to the tour guide.
Pete and Misty got separated in the group.	On the tour near the Traitor's Gate.	Our Yeoman Warder Guide talking in front of the White Tower.	An arrow slit in one of the towers. Think you could shoot out that?	Pete in front of the main porticullis leading from the Traitor's Gate.
Misty in front of the White Tower.	Misty and a better view of the White Tower.	Pete walking the wall towards on of the towers.	Pete enjoying the Thames and Tower Bridge.	Misty with the Tower of London in the background.
A section of the original Roman wall built around Londinium that is still standing.	Picadilly Circus. This is basically London's "Times Square".	Pete leaning on the statue and people watching in Picadilly Circus.	Yo! Sushi. The worlds longest sushi bar. You can see us in the mirror.	Looking down the moving bar at Yo! Sushi in London's Soho neighborhood.
Pete in front of Westminster Abbey.	Misty at Westminster Abbey.	Pete, Big Ben, Parliment, a double decker bus, and the Eye of London (just over the bus).	Misty and Big Ben.	Pete at the top of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Misty with London behind her. You can see Tower Bridge in the distance.	The view from St. Paul's. Big Ben and the Eye of London.	The two of us with the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral behind us.	On the steps leading down to the Millenium Bridge.	Misty calling her sister on her 30th birthday.
Pete munching Belgium chocolates in Heathrow Airport.