It's not too often that you see a thatched roof in a first world country

The Rosetta stone in the British Museum

Our cosy apartment in Stratford

Big Ben attached to the Houses of Parliament - Note the blue skies

London EYE with British LION in the foreground

Best way to see London from the top of a double decker open air bus

The infamous Tower bridge

The magnificent houses of parliament

Donna standing in front of the entrance to Westminister Abbey

We snuck in a picture from inside the Abbey - which was a no no.

The British Museum also displayed a lot of ancient Egyptian artifacts

Museum of Natural History - it was just a "pussy"

Memorial fountain to Princess Diana in Hyde Park - another warm day

Duke of Wellington Square

Buckingham Palace on the day that we saw the "Changing of the Guard"

We wern't the only ones that wanted to see the changing of the guard

The Royal Fusiliers on duty

The Crown Jewels are safely locked away in the Tower of London - as were some heads that rolled off the block in days past eg Anne Bolyne, Lady Jane G

Yeoman Warder - better known as the "Beefeaters". These are still the protectors of the Tower of London. along with the Ravens

This is one of the suits of armour that belonged to Henry VIII

Our last day was spent in Cambridge - the University city where the mode of transport for the day was bicycles