Day 1: We arrived in London Gatwick at about 9 am, aka about 4 am at home, we were exhausted.  We basically just took it easy the first day, spent a little time catching up with Uncle Denis, then went for a well-needed nap.  In the afternoon, we went with my mum's cousin Peter to pick up his 2 little girls from school, so that would make them my ...second cousins? We spent the evening catching up with Peter and his daughters Georgia and Mimi, and mum's other cousin Alison came over as well.  The first day we "took it easy," meaning 2 different pints and a vodka cranberry for me ;)

Day 2: Granny and I slept in until about 11am, I can barely do that at home!  We took the bus into Kingston, which is a little neighbourhood of London, comparable to Brooklyn or Manhattan of New York.  We shopped all day, I got a beautiful new outfit, including a dress and new flats (no room for heels in my luggage :( :( ) But the shopping tired me out, and it was an early night for me.

Day 3: Took a train into the heart of London today, and saw lots of really cool things.  We went to the changing of the guards at a horse place, it was pretty cool to see.  After that we went to the Tower of London, known mainly for it's dark and gory past.  King Henry VIII lived there, so naturally there was more than a few beheadings.  However, it was such an interesting trip, and we only really got through one of the 13 towers! I wanted to go to Abbey Road, and recreate that famous picture today, but there was just no time!

The wifi at Uncle Denis's has been down all week, which is why I haven't been able to blog sooner, and why I probably won't be able to blog until Tuesday or so when I head up to Edinburgh.