*Knock Knock* Queen Elizabeth - are you home?

Finally reunited with the hubby in the great city of London, we took advantage of the awesome sites first starting with the London Eye. This was a solid recommendation from my cousins as a definitely must-visit attraction, and I would agree.  The giant ferris wheel rotated slowly over a span of 30 minutes allowing you to get a 360 degree glimpse of all of London. It's pretty neat how each car is a big pod that can fit up to 20 people in it. We got a pretty stellar view of the famous Big Ben and

Parliament House, along with the cathedral Will and Kate got married in- Westminster Abbey. On Sundays, they have actual services that happen in there that were open to the public to attend. We really wanted to attend but unfortunately, the service started before we arrived. It would have been pretty neat to see the inside of Westminster... I am sure it is even more beautiful in person.

Neat aerial shot from the London Eye

We then hired some bicycles, similar to New York's Citibike but sponsored by Barclays, and rode across the bridge over the see the sites up close. There really isn't too many words that can explain how beautiful and detailed these historical buildings were in terms of infrastructure and architecture. 

We met our cousins in Chinatown for some dim sum lunch, which was right near the Picadilly Circus (London's "Time Square"). It was pretty cool to see the historical buildings with the lighted screens and advertisements for shows/plays. Certainly a different kind of Time Square. No pictures of food here, my phone died so I couldn't take pics of the dim sum... but it was really delicious and fresh. I have to say it's even better than New York's dim sum! 

Picadilly Circus

Chinatown London

Last stop was Buckingham Palace. We saw the guards from behind the fence marching back and forth in front of the palace. Of course there were real guards wearing bullet proof vests and machine gun s posted on the side on the building. One of the guards looked like he was struggling from a hangover. He was swaying as he stood at his post and kept looking side to side. Either drunk or he was a rookie. I thought these guys aren't suppose to move!

Buckingham Palace

So that was most of our touristy time in London catching the main sites. We ended up missing our train back to Leicester, but thank God the people at the train were nice and let us on to the next one. Thanks to my cousin-in-law, I discovered an awesome app called uber that calls for car service from your phone to wherever the GPS on your phone says you are. You can track how far away he is before he picks you up and it links to your credit card so no need to pay him after his trip. You also get to know who your driver is - his name, picture and rating - before you get into the car.

Good times in London. Cheers!