London Day 4

   Well... we got up late again. I'm beginning to think it's not the time change, but rather we are just lazy people. As the girls got ready for the day, I snuck out to one of my favorite places in London,

The Regency Cafe. I had a standard English breakfast with what Alan Hunter would say was 'proper' bacon and grilled tomatoes. Grilled tomatoes for breakfast, there's something the colonies need.
   The plan was to do the London Eye first.

    So on the walk from the apartment, we took a route right by Westminster Abbey.

    And the Parliament building with Big Ben.

   So the London Eye... how high do you think it goes. Well, it's approximately seven thousand feet tall. OK, 135m or 443 feet tall. But for people scared of heights, it _towers_ above the T-cranes that themselves tower over the  buildings of the city. I sat and clenched the wooden bench for some of the ride, but I did finally get up and take a few pictures. Everyone else took way more then me oddly enough.

    Bailley with a view northeast.

    Madison with a view south. You can see Parliament building and Westminster Abbey way below.

    Cindy with a view directly east over the city.

   And Abigail with Parliament as a backdrop.

   Whew, safely back on the ground... a great pic down the river.

   Lunch was a trek back to Speedy's to try and catch it open. Yes! Nice lunch in the cafe next to 221B from the current Sherlock series film location. We were not the only ones, it was crowded and had plenty of people coming to also take pictures.

    A quick tube ride while we still had daylight.

    To Abbey Road... It's a somewhat busy street so trying to recreate the Beatles album cover was not that easy. This was the best we could achieve without completely stopping traffic.

    Here's the girls and Cindy in front of Abbey Road Studios. Madison even signed the wall for us.

    A quick trip to the Victoria & Albert museum to fill time before our only scheduled event at 6:00.  We only scratched the surface, but the displays were awe inspiring as usual. Then out to grab a bite and a pint and then try our hand at "escaping".

   Bailley had found (don't ask me how) an "escape room". Rooms filled with logic puzzles and riddles and some feats of dexterity. We all had to work together within a time limit. The owner said it was challenging and it was.

 We did need a couple of hints. OK, technically we didn't ask for any, but I guess the owner thought we were floundering some. We had one last lock on the door to go when time ran out. He gave us a little more time and we opened that last lock and final door. Man... that was fun.

   Not too far from there was Needoo, an Indian restaurant listed in the top five in London, so that was dinner. Tomorrow is a travel day, which we are doing differently than most of our travels... no schedule or pre-bought tickets. For a planner, it feels good and bad all at the same time. We'll see where we get. More later.