London by foot

today we spent 8 hours walking around london. left from our hostel (smart hyde park inn) and walked toward hyde park, big ben, west minster abby and the royal palace thing.. saw the changing of the guards... also went to tower of london and saw the royal jewels, impressive stuff!! also included there were royal weapons and the tower of blood or something.. sorry, i'm not doing too well with names right now. on the way to tower of london, walked along thames for manny miles and saw: tate modern (but did not go in), millenium bridge, london bridge (is falling down, falling down) and a great skate park. Ate food at an au bon pain type place called 'eat'. Saw tons of places reference in 'neverwhere' book (buy it!!) including the belfast battle ship and stops on the tube for knights crossing and black friars. We also made an attempt to hit picadilly square but failed i think, we were close but tired. had some _great_ thai food and then took the tube home. also in that area were: strip clubs, a phone boof with human feces in it and ... a crap load of motorcycles. this area is part of the restricted zone of london were autos are fined for entering. there were so many bikes (all sport/street/moped) and a lot of them drove like bats out of hell, weaving and riding the middle line. everybody had leather and reflective vests on (for good reason).. bye for now, just booked tickets to paris via train and chunnel. :) :)