My tour of the city started with a brisk walk along the broken and uneven cobble stone streets. We walked down a variety of streets which all encased the same Victorian style architecture, nothing like at home. As we came closer and closer to to city centre, statues of grander style peaked at us over building tops. The London eye was now in site and the grand walls of Westminster Abey was visible. We found ourselves passing beautiful parks with lush greener and wildlife.

We never spent much time at one point of our tour as my tour guide was a pretty humorously anal. We came across a crowd of hundreds of people lining Buckingham road leading up to the Palace but we had no idea what was going on. Turns out the Pope just happened to be in town on a royal visit and he was due to drive down the road at any minute! I couldn't believe it, my first day in London and I was going to see the Pope. We waited with the crowds for about twenty minutes and sure enough, the Pope came threw in his cool Pope-mobile and the crowds went wild. As soon as he had passed the crowds began to disperse and we were on our way again. Our next stop was Westminster Abey and was that ever truly amazing in scale, architecture and detail. I was not able to go in but I hope to visit for a sunday service to soak in the whole experience and atmosphere of the church.

Over the river we walked to the river landing to the home of the London Eye. Along the river were shops, buskers, restaurants and museums. The London Eye reached up into the sky, making you crank your neck up just to see the entire thing. I did not have a chance to ride it as it is a little expensive and I wanted to see more of london so that when I was up over looking the city, I would be able to identify more of what I knew for myself. I think I will go on it when Dave visits in December.