I was told there would be beer.

The guidebooks waxed lovingly about the beer selection in the pubs, and I was looking forward to experiencing something different.  Well, not so much.

Admitedly, my experience is limited to three pubs and our hotel bar, but that fabled selection has been nowhere to be seen.  What is available is some standard Mexican brew, Australia's Fosters, Budweiser..!?, A local very ordinary London Pride and Guinness in a bottle.  Actual brands may vary, but this is representative of a typical selection.  I realized that I was expecting something like a good selection of microbrews in one of our trendy restaurants or bars.  Hmm... maybe I should try Ireland.

A fun, not too tiring day today.  We had a brunch at the Orangery, a cafe in the old greenhouse of Kensington Palace and a nice walk from our hotel through Hyde Park.  Then we took the tube down to the parliament area and toured the Churchill wartime bunker in the basement of one of the government buildings.  Very interesting.

Now we are back enjoying happy hour at our hotel and getting ready to have dinner.  Probably Chinese tonight.