We started our adventure to London by riding the train. It took just about an hour but we caught the train that had to stop at each station (they offer trains that go straight through but we missed it). We arrived at King's Cross Station which, if you're interested in Harry Potter, is where they filmed the scene where Harry runs into the wall at the platform 9 3/4. Of course Ben and I had to check it out. We didn't have too much time to look around because we had to catch the tour bus. We did get to see Buckingham Palace and actually ate lunch sitting in front of it. The flag was also flying which means that the Queen is currently at that location so I like to think of it as though we had lunch with the Queen!
Our tour bus was different the traditional red double deckers. We got to go on the Duck Tours. You ride in a vehicle that can actually float in the river. We drove around and saw the London Eye, Big Ben, and other historical sites and then we drove straight into the river and sailed around there for a bit. It was a bit odd at first but very cool.
Once we finished with the tour we headed to Convent Garden. It's a collection of restaurants and shops but people also do different performances as well. Ben and I mainly watched the performances while Kathy and Patty shopped around for a bit. We had a wonderful dinner there and listened to some violinists and an opera singer. Straight after dinner we headed to Queen's Theater to see the play Les Miserables. It was fantastic and really exciting just to see a show in London. Hopefully Ben and I will be heading back to see some of the things we missed.
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