Last day in London

Hi,

Today is Friday and its our last day in London we jump on the Eurostar shortly and head across through the chunnel - should be interesting.

Had a full on day yesterday. First was a ride on the London eye which gives you great views of the city and is a pretty neat thing to do. Then I went to the Star Wars exhibition which featured props, costumes and models from all the episodes. Andrew my bro would have loved it. While I was there Nicki was looking at a Dali/Picasso exhibit next door. Next it was on to the Tower of London with a walk around the tower viewing the armouries and the dungeon and then a look at the Crown Jewels. They were pretty amazing, I've never seen so many diamonds and so much gold before and the workmanship and detail on everything is incredible.

After that it was a quick lunch and then on to the shops via the tube. We haven't used the tube much as it is really expensive now - £4 for a single trip and £5 10p for a day card. Anyway we got off at Piccadilly Place, were many have done so before us, and went in to Lillywhites sports shop. If you can imagine 5 stories of Rebel Sports then you'll get an idea of what it is like. We only shopped on the ground floor, big sale on though with 70% off. That was the end of my shopping after that it was clothes and toys. Hamley's toy store is 5 levels of toys with something for everyone. Staff are always giving demos of the latest and newest toys out and trying to get you to buy them. Only problem was they didn't have any Thunderbirds but luckily Captain Scarlet was there. Finally dragged Nicki out at 8:55pm before we walked back to the Penn Club and then got a curry for tea.

Better go, we're catching up with Carol and Frank Wilson shortly and hopefully Monkey will be there too!

Bye, David