28 December 2007
We arrived in London around 10:30 local time and cleared customs quickly. We met up with our tour guide-Ali. She will travel with us the whole time and send us off in Rome. We took a "coach" (not a bus) to the hotel and she gave us some local color along the way. The most interesting thing for me was the rationale for driving on the left. Apparently, it goes back to knights-on-horseback-days. The always right-handed swordsmen would pass on the left so that, if they were attacked, they could strike back. Gas is £1.04 a liter so they are paying around $9.05 a gallon--and we complain and still drive SUVs!
My day of Christmas today involved 3 different Tube lines. We've been on the Bakerloo, 
Circle, and the District llines. After lunch at a snack bar near our hotel we took the lines in an went to the Tower of London. Most of the group went in , but I went with Mr. Plummer on a walk of the city. We crossed the Tower Bridge and then walked down the river toward the "new" London Bridge (just so you know, the "old" London Bridge is in Lake Havesu, Arizona).
The 12 days so far...
1 Warm Coat
2 Delayed Flights
3 Different Tube Lines
Circle, and the District llines. After lunch at a snack bar near our hotel we took the lines in an went to the 
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