May 28, 2014

After Paris, we took a high speed train underneath the English channel  to London.  The one thing that was really exciting about London was that the signs, the products in the grocery stores, and the menus were all in English for the first time this trip. 



On the first day, we saw the Tower of London right beside the Tower Bridge.  The king used it as a place of retreat from political uprisings and also for torture.   The most famous forms of torture were the Rack and the Plowman’s Daughter.   Basically, one makes you taller and dislocates every bone in your body; the other squishes you and crushes your bones, making you smaller.  Pleasant.


We also went on the London Eye, the biggest Ferris Wheel in Europe and saw Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.  We also toured Westminster Abbey where Prince William and Kate  were married.


One night we went out to a London play called War Horse.  It was amazing.  The next day, for something different, we decided to go to the London Dungeons.  It was basically this really creepy horror show where you walk through small dark passageways and they do freaky things to make you all scared.  The freakiest part was when they talked about Jack the Ripper and then he appeared from nowhere, started walking towards us, and then the lights went out.  It was really fun-nish.

After about 4 days in London, we headed to the last stop in our 4 month trip!!   Amsterdam - land of windmills, wooden shoes, legal marijuana and prostitutes.  






We went to see the Anne Frank house.  It shows you the secret annex where she and her family actually lived for two years before the Nazis found them.  It was very sad, but interesting.  We got to walk through the swinging bookshelf (1942) that hid the secret rooms from the store and the workmen downstairs. 

 

This is my last blog on my travels.  By the time you read this, I will either be home or on my way there.  I saw lots of very cool things on this trip and some things and places that have been not so nice.  I especially liked Thailand because the people were really nice and you could get foot massages for an hour for 5 bucks. J J  My favorite countries are England and France, because they are the closest to home, there was Starbucks JJ, and it was relaxed and normal.


I am really excited to go home (four months is too long a trip in my opinion), but it has been fun. Thanks for reading my blog!!!  It has been torturous to keep it up to date sometimes (usually) but I like writing so it was good challenge.  Thank you to those who commented  back to me.  I hope you all enjoyed following our travels. 





By the way, someone commented back to us that there must be a lack of camels in Europe...well not true, we found this one for you.