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Monday, the last day in London for us, we got up again at 7:30, showered and Caitlyn and I went off to breakfast, it's a joy having breakfast prepared and having no dishes to worry about! It was check out day too, so we were a bit later leaving the hotel as we'd to pack our bags and take them with us before heading off. I also nipped out before we left and bought a padded envelope and a couple of stamps - Marlyn had her hairspray and mousse confiscated at the airport on the way down, so we thought we'd be smart and post them home - unfortunately, it seems only post offices would be able to accept them (all the post boxes in London seem to be altered so only letters will fit through the slot!) and it being a public holiday all the post offices were shut! C'est la vie.

We decided to visit Harrods, if only for a look so after our morning coffee at Starbucks, we headed off and took the tube to Kensington. Harrods was just outside the entrance to the tube so it was easy to find! Wasn't quite so easy to get into though, I'd only just stepped in the door and a security guard approached and told me I couldn't come in carrying the bags I had! He did tell me I could drop the bags off at the Main entrance and collect them when I was done, but we decided it wasn't worth the hassle and left at that, making for St. Paul's Cathederal. It was easy enough to get to - simply onto the underground and get of a St. Pauls station, then five minutes walk to get to it (And a wee personal note here, all weekend we used the underground and public transport and found it absolutely excellent, convinient and more or less hassle free, even though some lines were closed and sometimes it was a bit crowded but I wish there was public transport like that at home! Jeez, I think Londoner's are so lucky to have such a good public transport system, I'd love to be able to jump on a train and get to work in 30 minutes rather than have an hours drive each way!). Anyway, back to the trip - St Paul's cathedral was pretty impressive (from the outside - they wanted around £25 admission for the 3 of us, so we decided against it). We got some M&S sandwiches and some drinks and had a wee picnic lunch in Paternoster square, with The dome of St. Paul's visible, the sun was shining and we'd a nice seat, my only complaint - no litter bins!! (Surprisingly, it was really tidy and litter free even though there were no bins!). So after munching, we walked around St. Paul's and headed for the Millennium bridge, where we took a walk over it and saw "The Globe" theatre and the Tate Modern Gallery, after a couple of photo opportunities, it was time to head for Heathrow. We'd plenty time when we got there, so Caitlyn made a bee line for "Game", where she blew the remainder of her spending money on a couple of DS games - money well spent IMHO, it was the quietest she'd been all weekend! Even got a Harrod's bag for Marlyn - there's a Harrod's at Heathrow! Then, most importantly, a coffee for Marlyn and I and, of course, a tea for Caitlyn and a seat for us all. All too soon, our flight was called and it was back to normality. But, when all's said and done, we'd a great weekend, we'd seen lots of London and had great fun doing so - just a pity we didn't see Leigh, maybe next time??

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Once more a rude awakening, courtesy of Motorhead, at 7:30am. Still, after getting to London for the weekend, no point wasting it all sleeping during the day, so I jumped into the shower and Caitlyn followed whilst I was getting dressed. After Caitlyn was ready, Marlyn got showered and Caitlyn and I did the breakfast thing, much the same as yesterday! We had a nice breakfast and remembered a coffee for Marlyn once again. We left the hotel and again headed for Hammersmith tube, via Starbucks, of course, then after a large, strong coffee we were ready for the day! First was a trip to Buckingham Palace, we'd decided to head for the changing of the guard and got there about 10:45 - a whole 3/4 hour early! Even so, there was a large crowd gathering but we were early enough to get a great view of the proceedings and come 11:30 it was mobbed, we saw a couple of bands marching into the Palace and half a dozen soldiers marching out, then a friendly Policeman told us the soldiers who marched out would make there way to Horseguard's Parade and come back in about an hour. At that Caitlyn mentioned she was bored, so thinking we'd seen enough, we decided then to call it a day. It was lunchtime so we again decided on a Subway sandwich for lunch - they are delicious! Then we were all set for the Lion King, we made our way to the Lyceum, via Covent Garden Market - saw some funny street performers there, just a pity we didn't have time to see more but we'd a performance to catch at 3:00pm. Come 3 o'colck, we were sitting comfortably (in the front row) and waiting patiently for the performance to begin. I'm not a fan of either musicals or The Lion King but I really enjoyed the show - the music, the costumes and the performers were all absolutely excellent, far better and much more enjoyable than I expected, so both Marlyn and I enjoyed it, Caitlyn absolutely loved it - she was spellbound for the whole performance - the tickets were worth it just for the look on her face! The whole performance lasted approximately 3 hours, though that included an intermission, that said, it didn't seem that long - even though we were listening to the music of Elton John!

We left the theatre and decided it'd be an idea to go to Picadilly Circus (well, we had been scooting up and down the Picadilly line on the underground all weekend) and let Caitlyn see it in darkness, we walked from Covent Gardens through Leicester Square to Picadilly Circus, unfortunately it was still daylight when we got there! Still, we had a look at the Statue of Eros and managed a couple of pictures - then again it was a struggle as it was really busy. Then seemed like a good idea to head back to the Hotel as it was getting late and we'd planned an early rise the next day. Once again, Subway was Caitlyn's preference for a bite to eat - I think she'd have lived off subs all weekend given the chance.

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