Day 8 London:

Today was our last full day in London before we leave for Paris tomorrow. We started off the day back on the tube heading toward Tower Bridge, the 120 year old suspension bridge over the Thames. As far as bridges go, this is a pretty good looking bridge! We managed to time it to see the bridge stop traffic, split apart and lift up to allow a large boat to pass underneath. After all that excitement, we thought we’d tackle the 2.5km walk up to St Paul’s Cathedral. We told the kids it was “just around the corner”. This proved to be a great plan as they only complained about 120 times (we were expecting far more). Actually, the kids have been pretty good. We have been making them walk a lot and they have done it all carrying their back packs full of food and water, books to read, honework etc. Anyway, we made it and what a fantastic building, well worth the walk. We took a wander inside but only got about 10m before we hit the till and a 50 buck price tag to see the rest of the inside. We declined. Kris suggested we could go to the mass and get in for free!!!??........so I grabbed the kids and ran like crazy back to the tube with the thought of going and checking out the Portobello Street Markets in Notting Hill. Notting Hill being the place made famous by the movie with Julia Roberts and described in the tourist brochures as “a populart (whatever that means) destination for Londoners and tourists alike”. That may be one way to describe it. Another way would be “a filthy street that sells $2 shop CRAP”. Needless to say, that was an arvo wasted! Back to the apartment to rest up before we hit the town for one last night. It’s the steak house tonight, a bottle of wine and lots of talk of how much fun we have had in London. We always thought we'd like London but we never thought we'd love it. This place is amazing and only made better by our accommodation and it's very central location. Tomorrow we will be packing up and moving on.

Note: Tyler and Mia are having a rest day.

 "Waiting in the Underground"

 "Tower Bridge"

 "St Paul's Cathedral"

"Our last dinner in london" (video)