England-Scotland Day 19 ( Part 1)– Tower of London and Tower Bridge

21 April 2010 We planned 2 and a half days to explore London before our flight back home on 23 April 2010, assuming that flights would be resumed by then. This was too short a time for a place like London. A call to our travel insurance agent reassured us that we would be paid compensation for any cancellations of flights due to the Icelandic volcano eruption. Not bad. We may be forced to extend...

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England-Scotland Day 19 ( Part 2) – Madam Tussauds and The London Eye

21 April 2010 From Tower Hill, we took the subway to the Madam Tussauds Museum. On the way to the wax museum, we spotted the statue of Sherlock Holmes, near Baker Street where he was supposed to have lived.Statue of Sherlock Holmes  along Baker Street, London. We bought a discounted combined ticket to visit both the Madam Tussauds and London Eye. Madam Tussauds was fun to visit. We were greeted...

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England-Scotland Day 20 – Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and St James Park and shopping

22 April 2010 The Westminster Abbey, St James Park and Buckingham Palace are best visited on the same day as they are located within walking distance to each other.  We started at the Westminster Abbey. Big Ben was visible from the abbey and it showed 10.15 AM when we arrived. We took some photos of the facade of Westminster Abbey and then bought tickets to go inside the Abbey. The ticket includes...

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