Weekend #1 - July 12 & 13

Yesterday, we visited the Warner Brothers Studios for a tour of the Harry Potter sets.  That was very cool - they had everything from the movies, from buildings to costumes to props so detailed you'd never see them on screen to models and on and on and on.  It was all very impressive.  We took the train out there and accidently got on the local instead of the express - oops! But we made it there eventually and a fun time was had by all. Plus, butterbeer! So yummy!

We had dinner at a burger place in Canary Wharf - very yummy!

Today we started at the Tower of London and got to see the Crown Jewels and the Bloody Tower.  We wandered around a large area of the complex - it is much larger than I expected.  There is an entire village within the walls of the castle.

 The White Tower at the Tower of London

At Tower Bridge

We then took a river bus to Greenwich and made the very steep climb to the top of the hill where the Royal Observatory is, but we didn't get a picture on the marked prime meridian because we didn't want to lay the entrance fee for that one thing. But we did get some remarkable views and stood on the meridian outside the gates. The whole town is quite cute and seems like it would be a great place to spend the day.

View from the top of the Royal Observatory

It's an early night for us - we are all beat and have some busy days coming up.  Tomorrow we get our rental car.  I'm terrified of driving in London...