For breakfast, we walked a block to Pret a Manger for pastries and coffee (relatively cheap!), then headed toward Holburn Tube station, a couple of blocks away. We purchased 3 day passes to give us unlimited movement capabilities, and proceeded down to Waterloo station. The Tube was easy to navigate once we got used to reading the maps. Our first destination was the 'London Eye' - pictured above - a really cool huge ferris wheel looking over much of London. It was a great way to get oriented. After the 30-minute ride we felt oriented to the major landmarks of London. We then walked along the Thames and swung into a Dali exhibit. That man was demented! Much moreso than the melting clocks would indicate! Anyway, genius, demented, whatever, there is no doubt he was incredibly creative. There were some wild sculptures tha we really enjoyed. Next we walked across the bridge over the Thames by the Houses of Parliament and past Westminster Abbey to St. James Park, where we found hot dogs, cokes and fruit, and watched geese and ducks swim on the lake. Next we returned to Westminster Abbey to have the GTODP (great tour of dead people). It really is impressive how many of the people who changed or at least controlled the world for years are interred there. Of course, as a scientist, paying homage to Sir Isaac (Newton), and Sir Charles (Darwin) was a must. It was extremely interesting to me that Charles Darwin's piece of the floor has virtually no special attention paid to it, and the inscription was very brief, not even mentioning what he did! Ah well, perhaps the church of England is still not quite ready for his ideas. But he changed the perspective on the world through his insights far more than 99% of the other bodies in there did! OK OK, maybe I'm biased, but kings and queens come and go, the theory of evolution by natural selection is here to stay! Nuff said!

For our next activity (we were getting a bit foot-tired!) we walked slowly toward Trafalgar Square to take in the sights and tourist traps. We then hopped onto the Tube and headed toward St. Paul's Cathedral. There was supposed to be an organ concert at 5 PM. The Tube was temporarily dysfunctional at one point, so we had to walk part of the way. When we got there, we took a load off and listened to the choir singing in an 'Evensong' service. It was very restful and the echoing sounds of the voices did seem like angels.

This evening we went to a true English pub, and I had steak and ale pie, while Kate had fish and chips. Then we wandered back through SOHO to our hotel, tired and wondering what tomorrow will bring! Cheerio to all!