Average day in London

Today was a GREAT day. I first started out by finding the closest ''supermarket'' (not called grocery store here folks) near my place. Come to find out it was in a MALL - and super close. I really liked it -- maybe even better then Meijer! It is 24/7 - how super cool. I managed to get enough items for the week hopefully and only rack up a 20 pound bill. I try to be a smart shopper! After that I opened up my British bank account - YES!

I walked back and made lunch and then set off for the city (if you say city people think you're headed for the financial district of London, so let me re-phrase myself) London and around that is. I bought a 16-25 travelers railcard (so thankful I'm still considered young and can take advantage of this 1/3 discount on train fares) which is only 26 GBP. I bought a RT ticket from Farnbourogh to London Victoria Station. Victoria is closest to the Buckingham Palace so that is where I started my journey. I walked around the entire palace and then up towards Trafalgar Square. From the square, I walked to the River Thames right across from the London Eye. From the Eye I went and visted Big Ben aka houses of parliment. I walked around the entire parliment building and then some. I then visited the Westminister Abbey. I never got to see the Abbey when I was in London last - so I was quite excited to visit it for the first time. Note that none of these things were open - so this was all just outside viewings (good excuse to go back I presume). From the Abbey I walked ALL THE WAY to Tower of London and the Tower Bridge. By the time I got there it was already dark. It was a quick trip in the city of London - I left around 1pm, got there around 3 (train maintenance issues on the wkd); walked around until 7 and got home around 8. My feet are kind of sore from the none-stop walking. I have to get used to this again.

I would like to shout out to the guy in the rail station that helped me when I had a question. Not only did he help me -- he made me feel like I was completely stupid by explaining the entire ''Zones'' to me on the tube map. Hello sir - I'm a frequent traveler and do not need you to circle with your fingers what is clearly stated as zone 1, zone 2, and zone 3. Yes I get that -- just tell me where the rail station is and stop telling me that I'm not at an underground station right now! LOL! At least he helped me after the 10 minute discussion. I'm sure that he was only thinking ''Stupid American Tourist'' -- I would like to say ''I LIVE HERE BUDDY''

Here are some pics from today's adventures:

Tower of London