The once over

Wednesday is get on the bus day. The concierge at our hotel is going to have a lot of requests from us. The first is for an orientation bus tour on the mandatory double-decker. we chose to hop off at Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. The day ended with a short cruise on the Thames from the Tower to Westminster Pier , where we caught the tube back to our hotel. Yeah, some fabulous sights. No details here as you can get a description in any guidebook. Needless to say, we were thrilled. My only disappointment was that all those years of watching BBC productions on PBS did not facillitate understanding of British accents as well as I thought it might!

In addition to being well located and comfortable. our hotel has a great, free breakfast and a welcome happy hour in the bar from 4:oopm to 7:00pm. No need to miss Wine Time! Lots of interesting tourists to visit with, too.