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Today we went to London and I was so excited I was up early! My daughter, Trista, was also excited to show us the city. It was pretty rainy for the morning but just cool in the afternoon. We spent the whole day in London and had a very busy day. First I learned at the train station that we could buy all day passes that covered all our train and underground trips. That saved us alot of money.

We rode into Victoria Station on the train. It was huge. There were probably hundreds of people. Next we walked to Buckingham Palace. I was surprised by the litter but there was no one panhandling. The area of the palace itself was very nice and even with a crowd it was calm. We did not get to see the changing of the guard because they do not do it every day and we were there on the “off” day.

Then we rode the underground to Picadilly Circus. Mostly because I just wanted to see it. My neice, Chloe, didn’t really understand why but I am a baby boomer and had heard of it most of my life. We also visited Oxford Road, the Jane Norman Store, and Selfridges. We did a little shopping along the way but not at Selfridges because it had alot of couture. That is out of my price range. We had lunch at a little Italian place called LaLocanda. We ordered lasagna and pizza and both were very good and the prices were good too.

In the afternoon we visited Licester Square, a very busy place. There were many shops in the area that we visited but the main attraction for us was looking for discount theater tickets. We found tickets to “Wicked” showing this evening at the Apollo Victoria Theater. The show was great. I wish we could afford to see many shows but even purchasing discount tickets it was a bit expensive. We had great seats where we could see and hear well. I was worried that we were not dressed appropriately because we had been out and about all day but when we arrived at the theater we found people were dressed in a multitude of ways. Some, like us, were very casual while others wore business attire and yet others wore formal evening wear.

So, we spent the whole day and evening in London. We took the train in and out and rode the underground many times. We also walked for miles! I have a blister on my toe to show for it. I would recommend London to you all.