Day 2 London (Updated)

Getting There 

We left New York at 6:30 P.M. last night, and arrived in London at 6:30 A.M. this morning (11:30 P.M. SLC time).  We went directly to the hotel, which was near the airport and checked in.  The hotel is a very nice DoubleTree and we have adjoining rooms which works great.  They were fantastic about getting us into the rooms right when we arrived.  We took the opportunity to take about a 3 hour nap to start the day off right!  Note to self (taking red-eye flights 2 nights in a row is not recommended).

After our nap we left the hotel and took a cab into the downtown.  Today is Boxing Day in the UK, so everyone is on vacation.  Additionally, the Subway workers chose to strike today so we were not able to take the TUBE into downtown.  So...we had the front desk call a cab to take us into downtown.  Because the subway workers had gone on strike the Cab services had to double their prices to make up for it.  Oh well, what do you do?

Trafalgar Square

This was our first destination, and first thing we did was get lunch.  We went to a little pub, and Keaton and I had to get Fish and Chips, and Cindy got Beef pot pie. The other kids were not so adventurous.  McKay did not really eat anything as he is sick and not feeling well at all.

The Red Bus

We took one of the tourist buses around town the remainder of the day.  It basically drives around to anyplace that you would want to see, and you can get on and off at your leisure.  Today we just stayed on the bus without getting off to see anything as McKay was just not up to it.

Tonight we came home to the hotel and nobody felt like going out to eat.  I just ran across the road and got some fried chicken and fruit.  The best Lychees I have ever had, and some mandarin oranges.  Don't have time to download pictures today, but hopefully tomorrow.

Fire!!!

6:00 A.M. the fire alarm went off in the Hotel, and they evacuated everyone.  we were outside in the cold drizzle for about 30 minutes before they allowed us back inside.  We slept for another 3 hours.  Just got done with breakfast and it is pouring rain.  We are deciding what to do today as Mckay is still really sick.  Most likely I will stay here with him while Cindy takes the rest of the kids to the tower of London.