Today we went out to Kensington Palace, such a beautiful place. Loved that the flower gardens are all done in white in memory of the 20th anniversary of Diana's death. We also got to see an exhibit of hr gowns, just beautiful. After that we took the underground back over to tower bridge area. We went and saw the Crown Jewels and walked around Tower of London. From there we went to the top of Sky Garden, if you come to London reserve a time to go up. It is free, just have to reserve your spot. Such a great view. Then it was off to climb the steps of the monument! 311 seps up a spiral staircase. The view was amazing, but walking out on the bservation deck was a little over whelmingfor me as I am terrified of heights, but eventually I made it around. 
After the monument, it was on to Tower Bridge. We went up inside, and up on the upper To decks they have a glass floor. If I thought the observation deck was difficult, then walking across the glass floor on this upper deck was even more difficult. I was clinging to the sides for dear life. It was very freaky to see the River Thames below with big ships going underneath. We stopped in to walk through All Hallows' by the Tower church. A very old church where John Quincy Adams was married. I really love the old structures and the ceilings in these buildings. Then it was off to the HMS Belfast, a WW2 Battleship. It rained most of the day today, but was so humid and about 65 degrees.
People everywhere, fast paced hustle and bustle. Really looking forward to getting to Lautterbrunen after Paris and just being able to rela and chill for a few days.
We realized how expensive things are here for American items. This 54 ounce bag of Skittles, was 39.99 pounds, or $51.76 in US dollars. they would have to be pretty tasty skittles for that price, because They sell for about $14.00 for the bag at home.
Exhausted, and ready for bed. Put almost 26,000 steps on the Fitbit today. 
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