Greetings From London

Hi there! So we made it to London after a 9 hour flight. Before we left, we met a nice lady who was teaching us how to identify the coins. (We're still figuring it all out!) The lines were so long at customs, Mr. Stephens posed with this funny pictures--we know why there are assalts. (Wink.) We settled into our hotel only to have to figure out how to turn on the lights and use the faucets. (Weird...) Mrs. Duncan and I had a great laugh. The faucets are square and you had to turn them just right. We have to insert our hotel key in a slot to control the lights. (Interesting).

We had dinner at this fancy french restaurant/hotel and took a tour. (We saw Talfalgar Square where there is a small peaceful protest) Oh, it was funny too. On the cab ride, Mrs. Duncan says, "This looks like someplace important, look at all these flags." We get to this beautiful building and Mr. Stephens, asks, "What's this big building?" The taxi driver says with his accent, "That would be Buckingham Palace." We all laughed about it and that is our new joke. I don't know but it seems strange because it sits in the middle of the city. We somehow expected there would be more land sourrounding it like an English countryside but there is not.
We saw the street where Harry Potter buys his wand in the movie. We saw a bunch of other places too like Downing street but I must confess I was nodding off I was so tired.
We enjoyed riding in the London Eye. It was nice. We were all so tired we went to bed fairly early. I will try to post every other day in the morning and afternoon. P.S. I'm not able to post photos at the moment but will add them when system is working better. I'll do another post tonight.