We really enjoyed London. We had a great hotel in Kensington which was close to the underground except we picked the weekend where they were doing construction on that line which was a bit unfortunate but meant we got to go in red double decker buses instead.

We saw all the usual sights, Big Ben, Westminister Abbey, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace and of course the all important M&M world! We did a fair bit of walking in London, one day just deciding to start walking from the hotel and we ended up at Big Ben (which just checking Google now… is about 5.5 kms). We had surprisingly nice weather most of the time.

We also went to a Hillsong church service on the Sunday which was held at a theater with a big gold Freddy Mercury statue on it which was definitely a new church experience for us. The church was full of lovely Australians.

Ironically, as we walked around London in general we didn’t hear a lot of English being spoken especially compared to some of the other major cities we’d been to on our travels. Despite this we were very conscious of the fact that we should be careful what we were saying to each other while we were out and about. We’d sort of gotten used saying things out loud in the hope that no one could understand us.

Before returning to our hotel one evening we had a quick look at Harrods (the department store where you used to be able to buy pet lions) which was great to see but our wallets remained safely in our pockets. Another discovery we made was a Whole Foods Market store which I fell in love with immediately and wish they would open in Australia. It’s basically a overpriced “healthy” supermarket but with a market type feel.

We really enjoyed our stay in London and not just because we had a hotel room instead of our camper. It is a beautiful, diverse city with so much history. I would definitely come back if i had the chance.

This ended our Europe part of our trip. We spent one night in an airport motel before flying to the US.