London get away

We spent the past weekend in London. Jim had to attend a training there Monday through Wednesday so we decided to go with him so that we could cross another city off our list. We flew in early on Saturday morning, dropped our bags off at the hotel, and purchased a 24 hour sight seeing pass. The sight seeing was on an open top bus and also included a boat ride on the Thames. Some of the sites on the tour included Big Ben (this is the Houses of Parliament Clock Tower – the nickname Big Ben actually refers to the 14 ton bell inside the clock tower), the Tower of London (this is not a tower at all, but a castle where the crown jewels are kept and guarded by the Yeomen Warders (more popularly known as the Beefeaters), St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, The London Eye (looks like a Ferris wheel, but is actually a viewing platform), and Buckingham Palace. The hotel was right in Piccadilly Circus, which is the Times Square of London – great location. We also managed to visit two museums – the National Gallery (saw some Monets and Van Gohs) and the British Museum (houses the Rosetta Stone – ancient tablet with text consisting of 3 translations of a single passage, one of which is Egyptian hieroglyphics – instrumental in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics). While Jim was at training on Monday, I took the kids to the London Aquarium where JP touched a manta ray several times with no fear what so ever. He also made his debut as trip photographer – can you guess which ones are his?