"Off With Their Head" or " To Thine Own Self Be True" or "More Stairs?"

It has been a busy day and we are very tired and in for the evening...readying ourselves for the Trouping of the Colors ( a glimpse @ the royal famiy tomorrow--we have our gowns and tuxes pressed--not!)

We started today by venturing further out on the Underground to the Embankment stop. There we caugh a Catamaran--ship boat which toured us up and down the Thames River. It was great--a tour guide and a trip. First stop was the Globe Theatre--a recreation of the Shakespeare theater. We actually got to see a rehearsal of ROMEO AND JULIET going on as we sat in the Upper Crust seats of the theatre. Then, and maybe now, it wasn't just seeing the play, but being seen there. Very cool and we wouldn't have seen it this afternoon because there was another play going on.

Back on the ship--traveled to Tower of London and dined on some of the finest..KFC...yes, it sounded good and we polished off an 8 piece family pack with a 1.5 Ltr of Pepsi! Hit the spot. And guess what I saw...another Texas Tech hat. RAIDER NATION... I quickly gave the guns up and the man smiled. Sorry you AGS and HORNS...I don't see you over here.

Tour of Tower was great. We had a wonderful, very colorful guide who showed us the highs and lows of the castle. We saw the Crown Jewels and the armor that Henry VIII wore...you'll have to ask for a private showing of these. I'm too modest to put them up here.

And there were stairs after stair after stairs to climb today. THUS the title of this piece--NO MORE STAIRS!

The day ended nicely with a trip back up to Trafalgar and eating once again @ the Texas Embassy Nation! Home sweet home.

Tomorrow is very busy---and Sunday we have a surprise for you. Can't let you know yet what we have in store.

Off to bed--dreams of the Queen tomorrow..

James