Day 7 and 8 - London and the Journey to Paris

On the last full day in London we split up, so I ended up seeing a few different things than Adrian and Mickey.  My first stop was a trip to the Brittish Museum.  The Museum houses the Rosetta Stone as well as 50,000 other items from the world's history. 

The stone was carved in 196 BC and was re-discovered in the late 1700's.  After noticing that the rings around symbols denoted names of royalty, the stone was able to be fully deciphered.  It was the key to understanding hieroglyphics.

The museum held everything from the mummy of Cleopatra to a Sony digital clock.

Cleopatra

Entrance to the Museum

After the Museum I went to the London Tower, a place which Adrian and Mickey also saw.  The tower was a castle from medieval times and the London Tower bridge was built behind it.

Re-enactments

London Tower Bridge

This is all that is left of the original castle.  I was excavated when the subway station next door was built

The view of the London skyline was amazing from the other side of the tower bridge.  The last night ended with a few beers and a long trip to the best nightclub in Europe.  It wasn't open, so we called it a night

Day 8 - The Journey to Paris

Since our Eurail pass is not honored in the UK we decided to save money and take a bus.  If you've ever ridden the Greyhound from Chicago (Yes Ryan, the Milwaukee trip) you know what these places are like.  We were treated to pigeons dive-bombing us in the terminal and the lower class of London. 

I hate pigeons

On the way to Paris I enjoyed the best candy bar in the world (and its not for girls)

The bus ride included a ride on a ferry and was 9 hours in total.  It was a log day but we found our hotel and enjoyed a late dinner.  Since we are finally in mainland Europe, we can use our Eurail passes for our next trip. 

Paris post to come...


Scott