A Farewell to London -- for Now!

After sleeping in this morning, We headed by bus to Westminster Abbey. We only planned to peak in and see where the big weddings had been but two hours later we exited a bit blurry-eyed from all of the graves of famous people we had seen. While the church is truly mega-sized, we both concurred that it does appear even larger on television than it is in real life.

From the Abbey we headed to see Churchill's Underground War Rooms from WWII. This was truly fascinating to see. It was an intricate maze of rooms below ground in downtown London where Churchill directed the British troops. One of the highlights was a reinacted conversation between Truman and Churchill. The museum also offered an intersting glimpse into assorted images of the Brittish lifestyle during WWII.

Exiting the War Rooms, we hoofed it passed the Household Cavalry headquarters on our way to the National Gallery. At the Gallery we watched the preparations for the ParaOlympics opening. Then we headed to the Drawing Room inside the gallery for high tea. We grossly overordered on high tea but we made it through all of the food. Following a brief look around the museum, we headed for Covent Garden -- again.

At Covent Garden we made one last contribution to the British economy.We paused to listen to a lively string quartet performing there. On our way out of the Garden, we stoped at Brown's Pasta for a bottle of red wine and some pasta.

We then headed down to the Strand and started for home. One last stop for a few souvenirs more, and we boarded the 176 Bus which deposited us right at the front door of the our hotel The H10 London Waterloo.  One more glass of red wine and we were off to the room to figure out how to get everything into two suitcases.

 We're going to miss this town!