The Lion King

All of 13 of us went to see the Lion King at the Theater on Sunday.No, this wasn't the movie version.We met up there after all of us did our own thing. The Lion King was playing at the Lyceum Theater. It was a great play. The animals really come to life in the play. What a neat play. We all didnt get to sit together. Boys together and the girls sat together. It was a packed house. There were a lot of kids there with their mom and dads. Some of us had a hard time staying awake. It was long... After the play we went to a English place for dinner. Having a meal over here in a resturant takes awhile. Of course some of us a a pint to drink.

Bridge Tower

I didn't get this posted last night. For some of us the Bridge Tower was of second stop yesterday after the Tower of London. After visiting the Tower, we walk across the Bridge Tower. It stand over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest, most recognisable bridges in the world. One of the things that you can do on the bridge is take views from the high-level walkways. Up there you can learn about the history of the bridge. None of us wanted to walk up all the stairs to get there. From the bridge you can see City Hall and the tower of London. As you stand on the bridge you can see the river boats taking people on cruises. We just walked across the bridge from one side to the other.

Tower of London

This morning all of us got up and headed out for a eventful day. Today was filled with lots of stuff. The day began by driving to the Tower of London. The Tower of London is ancient stones reverberate with dark sercets, priceless jewels. A little history, the Conqueror in 1066-7, is one of the most famous fortresses and a World Heritage site. We got here early due tot he crowds later on in the day. There are several things to see here at the Tower of London. New for 2009, is the Henry VIII; Dressed to kill. One of the items here is the Crown Jewels, Ravens(not the Baltimore Ravens), Medieval Palace, the Moat and several other things. Maybe even a medieval guy trying to do something to one of our family member. Can you guess who? This was only one of our stops today.Look for the next stop that some of us did.

Day at Windsor

Woke up this morning, looking outside it looked a little cloudy. George, Sue, Janelle and Jenny went out to Windsor. Here we went to Windsor Castle.This is were the Queen of England stays. We walked around the grounds at Windsor Castle. There was a lot to see there. We saw things like the Royal Standard flying from the Round Tower. The chapel there known as St. George's Chapel. That was beautiful inside. We wish we could show you pictures. Taking pictures inside of the chapel is not aloud. It rained while we were here. Changing of the guard was fun to see. After touring the grounds, we eat lunch in a Thai food place. We headed back to the hotel after lunch, so we could met up with the second group. We got to the hotel. The second group was a little tried from the trip. So, we didn't make it to the Tower of London today. However, some of us took a little drive down the road to the big department store. There we looked around at the lovely things they have to offer there. Yes, the second group did make it. We just got done having dinner with each other.

Box Wood Cafe

Tonight we ate at a wonderful place for dinner called the Box Wood Cafe. Have you ever heard of Gordan Ramsay. It was very good. If you ever want to eat there it is right around the corner from the Berkeley. Great food. Looking forward to getting up in the morning and heading to Windsor Castle.

The first group made it

After leaving Modesto, we arrived in SFO awaiting our plane to London. Our plane out of SFO was a little late. The four of us (George, Sue, Janelle and Jenny) got on the British Airways airplane. We all got in our seats. George and Sue had a little trouble finding their seats. They sat in the wrong seats. They stayed there after all. Getting all settled in our seats, the people on the plane that took care of us, quickly got us something to drink and eat(dinner). After having dinner, the lights were turned off and we all tried to go to sleep. Some of us did go to sleep. You could hear them snoring we wont say any names. After, sleeping a few hours it was time to wake up and get ready to have breakfast which was like at 4 or 5 am somewhere in there. We finally landed at Heathrow airport. After waiting on the tar max we finally got off the plane. Walking a mile or so to go through the line of granting you entrance into England. We got our bags all of them including the bags for the house filled with stuff for the kids in South Africa. Our car and driver met us to take us to our hotel. Dad(George) told us don't get in on the right side of the van. If you don't know that's were the driver seats. They are backwards here. The van was packed to the hill aka Sue asked the driver if there was a Starbucks near the hotel. So we made a pit stop at Starbucks to get mom a pick me up. Yes, she loves her Starbucks. Of course we all end up with something. Finally, we made it to our hotel called the Berkeley. We are all in our rooms. It is almost 5:00pm here. The second group will be arriving tomorrow to join up with us.