We slept 13 hours last night and did not get up until 9:30 this morning!
We started out today by catching the On-off bus. We rode it for two hours and saw most of the downtown ( some areas we had seen yesterday).
We got off the bus a little before the end as we wanted to start seeing more of the local sites.
The first stop was the Jewel Tower where the kings of much earlier times kept their important belongings. It is one of the few remaining buildings of the Palace of Westminster.
Two of the views of London we saw today.
Using our London Pass (previously purchased) we next went into Westminster Abbey. OMG it is magnificent.The entrance fee included an audio guide which was perfect for learning about the building and contents. It was very interesting looking at all the royal burial chambers.
The photo below is the location where the coronation of the kings and queens is held.
After spending more than an hour looking at things we noticed the entrance to another part of the Abbey not included in our original entrance fee. This was another section called the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries and so we paid a bit more for an amazing collection of royalty items. And what a view of the cathedral.
This area has just been opened to the public after being closed off for 700 years.
Another amazing thing was an ORIGINAL copy of the Magna Carta .
This was also located in the Queen's Galleries.
By now it was going on 4 P.M. and we had a supper date planned with Susan and Murray who had also flown in yesterday (from Vancouver). We got together for fish and chips in a very busy pub and it was a wonderful visit. After two hours together we split up with Caro and I walking about a kilometer back to our hotel. We picked up some fruit and water at a local shop to keep us going tomorrow morning.
It was a great day.
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