Our first day touring London had us walking to the West Finchley station, and off to the British Museum. LOTS of incredible historical artifacts, although not the most impressive to Sam...or probably any teenager. He did his best to follow me through most of the museum, which took us over three hours. Amazing it's all free.
From there we made our way down to the Thames and the London Eye - the largest Ferris-wheel-like structure in the world. We got in and got out fairly quick - probably the rain chased tourists away. First we saw an incredible 4-D movie about the attraction, and once on the Eye we enjoyed absolutely amazing views of the city.
After this we decided to a circle tour of famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, the Mall and then over to Piccadilly Circus. From here we walked over to Grovesnor Square and the US Embassy, where I enjoyed seeing the only statue of FDR standing up.
Apparently we were not worn out that bad so we decided to walk around Hyde Park - the largest park in London. After about half-way through, I decided to rent for us two bikes, which got us over to the Diana memorial fountain. I'm still a bit lost on the meaning of it. Thankfully we found an underground station right as our feet were ready to fall off.
In all I logged in over 30,000 steps - by far a record, but not such a big deal in a city like London :)
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