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London Day 3

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25/Mar/2005

This was our final day in London so we had to pack everything and check out of the hotel after breakfast. We took the tube to Tower Bridge, requiring a bit of a detour because some of the tube stations were closed (due to it being Good Friday and a Bank Holiday). We had a look at the Bridge Exhibition (which gives the history of the bridge and was good value) and the Engine Rooms, where you can see the old steam engines before they were replaced with electric motors.
Next, we went to Greenwich, past the Cutty Sark and to Greenwich park and the Observatory. After spending most of the last 2 days walking, our feet were sore so we weren't prepared for the walk up the hill to the observatory. We needed a bit of a rest first.
While we were in London, we had to visit some of the more famous shops. Unfortunately, time was running out so we couldn't go to all the ones we wanted to - Harrods lost out to Hamleys. We managed to avoid the temptation to buy any toys, but Emma succumbed to the delicious hand made fudge they sold.

It was now early afternoon and we went in search of food. When we first arrived on wednesday, we noticed a sushi restaurant near Victoria Station so we returned there. Unfortunately it was closed so fell back on Plan B, which was a Falafel Kebab and some fried chicken. We took these to Green Park to eat while we relaxed and waited until it was time to head to Euston for our train back to Coventry (which took over 3 hours instead of just over 1 hour because of signal failure).  

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