Live by the Sun - Love by the Moon: DAY 162

Aug 28 - Red Buses, Red Phone Booths, and Red Fields
Off we go - from Sweden to London on Norwegian Airlines. It was a beautiful ride through the fluffy clouds. I was really tired of riding buses and trains, so flying again was very welcome.

What a treat to arrive in London and go to a REALLY classy bathroom and it was public. It didn't cost anything to go either.

We had been used to paying to use the toilets throughout most of the rest of Europe. That adds up, too, so most of the time we just used the trains or buses (pretty disgusting sometimes) and our host's homes.

I enjoyed looking at all the different architecture in the houses. Also, it was refreshing finally seeing ENGLISH in the signs and marquees.

ENGLISH restaurants - yeah!

The red double-decker buses were everywhere.

Driving on the WRONG side of the road was very difficult to get used to.

Lots of cool white pillars.

London has so much and there are so many people.

Such a GREAT photo

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower.

The tower is now officially called the Elizabeth Tower, after being renamed in 2012 (from "Clock Tower") to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858.

Note the "Wicked" ad on the London Double-Decker Bus

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic, church in the City of Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and British monarchs.

As the greatest church in the English-speaking world, Westminster Abbey has been the place where England's kings and queens have been crowned and buried since 1066. A thousand years of English history — 3,000 tombs, the remains of 29 kings and queens, and hundreds of memorials — lie within its walls and under its stone slabs.

Gee - it's another lion.

London Truck Tours - what will they think of next?

Winston Churchill was very famous here in London.

These next characters are on the building to whort off the evil spirits.

I sure wouldn't want him to stare at me every day.

P-U-R-P-L-E ?

Public Baths - from the OLD times

Used from a LONG time ago - this is a mail receptacle.

What is a "Faith House?"

The first telephone booth was probably installed near the Staple Inn in High Holborn in May of 1903. It was operated and located by the Grand Central Railway.

"Did anyone call me?"

The famous London Eye - we'll go there tomorrow

One of the famous bridges over the Thames River

We went on a double decker bus and toured the city. So much to see and we had a great view of everything. WOW! So much to take in - we need at least 2 weeks here in London.

There was some protesters over the war with Syria.

I think this is Picadilly Circus.

We took a Night Tour of London and heard many scary stories about the past. Very interesting!

Lincoln's Inn Fields was the site, in 1683, of the public beheading of Lord William Russell, son of the first Duke of Bedford, following his implication in the Rye House Plot for the attempted assassination of King Charles II. In the 16th century, the daughter of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth interceded the full penalties of horrible barbaric ways of execution which had always taken place in these fields. RED...RED!!