London Bridges

The Thames River from the Tower Bridge.

 June 16th, 1998
Day 3

I felt much better today after having some sleep. We woke up about 7:00 and got on a double deck bus to see London Bridge and the Tower Bridge. The bus was really neat, but he drove bad, just like the cab driver. We got to the Tower of London and the line was really long, so we are going to do that another day.

Her Majesty's Ship, The Belfast

We saw London Bridge, which was nothing spectacular. I saw something Dad would like a lot. It was a huge ship. Uncle David corrected me when I called it a boat. He said it's not a boat, it's a ship. I found out that it is the Belfast, the last warship from WWII.

The Tower Bridge across the Thames River

After London Bridge, we went to the Tower Bridge which was very impressive! It was built because there was too much traffic, and they needed a way to cross on the east part of the Thames River. It had to be a drawbridge because the ships had to get through to the port. The tour was really neat.

We also went to Charles Dicken's house, but it was closed. We are going to go back. I can't believe the nice cars here. They are all BMW, Mercedes, VW or Ford. They are all very clean and new.

The tube is still on strike, so we didn't get around very much. Hopefully we will do more tomorrow.