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Arrived late afternoon to London and went for a walk past Marble Arch which was around the corner form were we were staying to Hyde Park and wandered around there, it is massive. A squirrel ran out onto the path and back into the garden. We also saw lots of people 'sunning' (through the clouds) themselves on deck chairs in Hyde Park.
Did a hop on hop off bus tour of London and hopped off a number of places including the London eye (of which the line up in the rain was very long and we didn't know what kind of view we would get in the rain) did a cruise on the Thames with some interesting commentary from the boat driver (or captain/skipper) not sure how much he made up on his own or how much was fact & was hard to see through the rain. We got off the cruise at the London Tower and had a quick look around before getting back on the bus. We got off again at Westminster & had a bit of a look before walking to Buckingham Palace to watch the guard march monotonously up and down after standing for so long I'm sure to keep him awake. On the way to Buckingham Palace we saw Guards doing training drills across from Buckingham Palace (can't remember what it was called)
We hopped back on the bus again and ended up in Harrods's by then the hop on hop off bus had stopped and we walked back through Hyde Park to get back to the motel.
So much to look at and do, we knew we wouldn't get to see it all but unbelievable just to be there and see what we did get a chance to see.
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