London- Yes!- We speak the language!....sort of.

    We spent 3 nights in London at a great hostel we found for £10 a night!  Loved the city, the tube (subway) was fantastic and we spent about 12 hours a day wandering the streets. Every corner you turned there was some 300-500 year old building, just sitting there, maybe with a little plaque, maybe not, like no big deal. Literally bumping into history everywhere. We made all the usual stops: Buckingham palace, 10 downing street, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster, London bridge, several museums, and a few markets. We met up for sushi and drinks with some London locals we'd met in Brazil and got a tour Soho and the red light district (sorry no pictures of that).

St. Paul's Cathedral. There's been a Cathedral on this spot since 604 AD.(when London was called Lundenwic) This one has been here since 1677. 

The dome of St. Paul's (we had to sneak this picture, no pictures allowed inside, so enjoy :)

The view from the top of the dome. 

The view from Trafalgar Square and our choice of lunch picnic spot.

Trafalgar Square 

The London Eye above the Queen's Household Cavalry  building.

Westminster and Big Ben.

Marching Guard of Buckingham Palace 

The Museum of Natural History. Huge, free and a gorgeous building.

The Brontosaurus in the lobby.

One of the many, many stalls of Borough Market, home to fine foods and lots of samples! Legend has it that a market has been in this area since Roman times.

One piece at the Tate Modern Museum. The ceiling of the entire room was draped in a life size 3-D recreation of a staircase made from silk.

Tower Bridge (not London bridge, but much more scenic)

Standing on the Meridian Line at Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

The time ball on the roof of the royal observatory. Since 1833 it's dropped at exactly 1:00 PM-GMT to allow passing sailors to calibrate their sea-chronographs (very important for navigation in those days).

Westminster Abbey and Palace of Westminster behind. 

Piccadilly Circus (Time Square of London).

It was a busy 3 days, our feet were sore from the non stop walking, but we couldn't rest yet, less than three hours by train and we were in Paris. More to come from the city of lights and love.