London Day 3, 4 and 5

Day 3
Our day started at 10:00 am because we had to wait for ela to come back home to lock up... Everyone had left early for exams and work and therefor we had to wait for the first of them to come home so they can see us out and lock up... We started our day with jumping on the train and metro back to london... We took the tube to a place called Bank, where it had the national bank of England which was huge! We then continued our journey to St. Pauls to check out the cathedral there. We then hopped back on the tube towards the "ducklands" or canary wharf (the name of the station). It was where we saw the largest building in England and the second largest in europe.... (50 floors) which seemed as high as every other building in Montreal, but in comparison to most other buildings we saw there, it was magnificent :)... After seeing the "sky scraper" and had a little picnic in a park, we headed on over to tower hill (tube station) to go visit the London Dungeon. [on a side note: these museums and sites are very expensive 15-25 pounds per person (2.25 dollars = 1 pound)... we were very fortunate that Tomek had 2 for 1 coupons... If u want you can also spend 10 pounds at a local Tesco to get one of these coupons... so u still save money and get some food :) ] The london Dungeons was a walking tour that brought you through London's history. It outlined the prison torture chambers, court systems (where Darrin got told he had a little affair with a horse... i was to be executed) , the famous murderers (ex: Jack the ripper), the black plague, the great fire and finally we all got hung for treason! After this wild adventure we headed over london bridge to look through some of londons scenery. We found two cool buildings; one was a Lloyds tower (insurance firm) which looked very futuristic with open glass elevators everywhere on its outside, and the other was a office building in the shape of an egg (alothough to britains, it looks like a cuccumber... wierd) After all this we decided to go back to Heathrow and hang out with the gang. We had a nice evening bowling (where Darrin showed them how to play the game, Canadian style - for all those who are lost... i kicked their bottoms).

Day 4
Ola slept in as to usual... But darrin followed. We were extremely lazy and only hauled our butts out of bed at 10:30 leaving the house an hour later... We arrived in London at 12ish and headed over to Madame Tussauds (wax museum)... The one and only day we forget the camera :'(... The pieces of works were stunning, they looked as though the people were real and right there with you... They varied from Tom Cruise to some English star we don't know... and even had sports icons, scientists (albert Einstein), political leaders and much much more, A must see! but bring a camera. it is about 60 canadian dollars a person (25 pounds) - so u should buy 10 pounds at tesco just to get the 2 for 1 coupon! We had spent so much time here we lost track and had to run to reach our destination.......... The theatre! Our nice hostess's and host's purchased us 2 tickets to see the musical: Fame. It was a very enjoyable production about young aspiring indivduals who wanted to be in the "show bussiness". After the show we headed back, had a bite to eat (cooked by Clive) and went to sleep.

Day 5
We headed to Windsor, about 45 minutes from Heathrow or a 25 minute train ride. We went with Ela and Kasia who were our tour guides for the day. We had a lovely time and saw the castle in which the queen spends most of her days. We strolled through the village/town and checked out all the stores and sites... We saw a very expensive wedding as well, as everything in this town is very pricey. An average size home in Montreal goes for 800,000 pounds here (about 2 million dollars) don't even get started on the cost of an apartement (3000+ pounds a month). Then we headed back home and cooked dinner for the family. Our way of thanking them before leaving to go to Italy. We then sat around all night and Ola made a whole bunch of cocktails for the family. We finally got to sleep at 1 am when we had to get up by 5:30am to catch our flight!