Day 7 Continued

Got on the subway at Westminster and proceeded to St. Paul's Cathedral. Didn't go inside and the kids just posed on the front steps with the crowd. See if you can find them in the picture.

Stopped over at the Starbucks Cafe next to the cathedral for some drinks afterwards and posed infront of the archway into the courtyard.

Got back on the subway to go to King's Cross Station to find the spot that was featured on the Harry Potter movies. Mom and I just stayed behind and took some pictures.

Got on the bus this time for the London Bus double-decker experience to go to Baker Street to see Sherlock Holmes residence but ended up going the opposite direction and getting stuck in traffic so we just got back on the subway and proceeded to Abbey Road instead. Here are the kids crossing the famous crosswalk coming and going. We had to wait for the street to clear up since there is no traffic light. The drivers were nice though and stopped for the tourists.

Got back on the subway and headed to Marble Arch at the corner of Hyde Park. Just took some quick shots and didn't stay long because we were meeting up with mom's classmate Alyce at the Picadilly Circus. Did a little bit of shopping and then walked through Leicester Square/Soho/Chinatown and got some souvenirs.

We had a bit of excitement meeting with Alyce though. She was running a little late and told us that she would we in a taxi already and to meet her by Leicester Square. I started walking to Picadilly Circus looking in at the taxis and was lucky enough to spot her right away but then I had to run after the taxi. Grabbed another taxi when I caught up with her and we headed to the Covent Gardens.

This is quite a classy place with fancy restaurants and the theaters for the Broadway shows are mostly here. The first restaurant we looked at was full and the waiting time was 1 hour so we just walked around until we found a nice Irish restaurant. It had a nice, homey atmosphere and our waitress was very friendly helping us with the food choices and drinks. We pretty much stayed here until we had to leave to catch the last subway train to Victoria Station.