London, part 1

We traveled via train from Brussels to London, which takes about 2 hours.  Once we arrived, it was a little chaotic getting to our hotel.  We found out there was a tube (nickname for their underground subway system) strike.  It took a while, and as you know, we had a lot of luggage to transport as well. About an hour later, we found a van taxi to drive us to our hotel.

In the taxi 

Original London telephone booth!

First view of Buckingham Palace

There she is with the balcony where William & Kate stood on their wedding day in the background.

Changing of the guards

Isabella at Westminster Abbey

Avery & the girls in front of the Abbey.  It was cold, rainy & windy our first day in London.

Big Ben

Trafalgar Square

Picadilly Circus

Mind the Gap

...the saying you hear while riding the tube

Delicious Fish & Chips

Since the tube was on strike our first day, we rode around in the rain on a double decker bus.  This photo was taken from the front row on top.

On the bus

No vacation would be complete without a visit to the wax museum.  I've said it here before, but the girls really enjoy these.  I'll only post royal pictures though to try to keep with our London Royal theme!

Isabella thanks you for Diana for having William!

And here is the rest of William's family

Isabella & the Queen!

And with the Duke & Duchess

The second royal family....One Direction

This was the first time we've seen them in a wax museum.

Les Mes is playing in London

We surprised the girls with tickets for Thursday nights show 1 hour before show time!

It was all great with incredible talent.  Intermission wasn't too bad either.  We were sitting on the 3rd row eating ice cream!

Tomorrow will be pictures from day 2, our final day in London.