Greetings from London

Randolph (my oldest) and I set off on Tuesday for a 19 day trip to England and Italy with his church choir.  We arrived in London with a serious case of jet lag.  Neither of us slept a wink on the plane and we landed only to board a bus onto our first adventure to Windsor Castle.  Needless to say, we were cross eyed from exhaustion.  Despite the jet lag......we're having a ball.  

We have already had our eyes opened to another world so much, it feels like we left the US days ago.  We have recovered our sleep and have taken in many things London has to offer.  The traffic here is insane with the oncoming traffic on the opposite side of the street making crossing the streets quite dangerous and outright SCARY.  Pedestrians beware......ugh.

Here are some pictures from Windsor Castle, Greenwich Pier, Thames River, Greenwich Village, the chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul at the Old Royal Naval College - and, by the way, we stood on the eastern and western hemispheres at the same time today.  Very cool.  Pictures coming later - we just got caught in a major rainstorm.....gotta go!

Okay - back to accessing Wifi and in doors this time!!  Also, I need to apologize to anyone who got the cheesy email saying we were leaving the country - I tried to set up an auto-response for my email and clearly screwed it up because it shot out an email to anyone and everyone....sorry.

So far on our trip, the group has had one visit from the toothfairy...one surprise visit from an unexpected grandparent, one pick-pocket, an accidental tip of a mere $.03, a phone and camera left on a bus and LOTS OF LAUGHS.  It's a great group of people, only to be joined by more when we head to Venice in a few days.

Since communication is limited - we'd love some comments from anyone taking a look.  I'll continue to update with pictures as long as Wifi is available....which we're finding out is not so easy....

(Having major issues getting enough bandwidth to post pictures....still trying...)

Randolph is lying on the Greenwich Line - Zero Latitude...THE clock in Greenwich.....the candelabra picture is the dining hall in the Old Royal Naval College (just like the College of Charleston cafeteria!).... The Prospect of Whitby is a 978 year old pub on the Thames River....the beautiful ceilings are from the Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul...the beautiful bridge.....the Tower of London...iconic Big Ben and telephone booths.....changing of the guards at Windsor Castle.....and Windsor Castle is the last picture.  

We're off to explore on our own today....nothing planned which is nice.  PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS - Randolph and I would love to hear from you.