The Honeymoon Tour: London - Day One

Au revoir Paris, 'ello London! We were switching countries today so we began our day with our typical French breakfast and continued with a delicious lunch on the Eurostar...

...before arriving to Kings Cross (hello Harry Potter!). 


We tracked down one of the most adorable taxicabs (turns out the English taxis are from one specific company and that's why they are so unique and recognizable). There had been an unfortunate incident on the Tube earlier in the morning while we were on our way into London so we decided not to take the tube anywhere while we were there. We arrived to our hotel, changed clothes, dropped off our luggage, and then set out for some sightseeing. It was a travel day so we didn't do too much as far as events go but I still think we fit a lot in.

We started off by walking to the London Eye, which was about 5 minutes across the river from our hotel. We even had a view of it from our window....

By the way, we stayed at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, which really gave us the honeymoon treatment. I highly recommend this hotel just because it was awesome!

The London Eye is the famous ferris wheel where you can oversee London. It takes about a half hour to go completely around and you're fully enclosed in a glass orb so you can really see a lot of the city. Let's begin. 

Of course you can see Parliament and Big Ben. 

Unfortunately we didn't get to hear Big Ben while we were in London because they are doing a renovation project. Luckily, the scaffolding was not up all the way so we still got to see Big Ben's beautiful face! We could also see Westminster Abbey standing proudly behind Big Ben:

Then you could also see Buckingham Palace (it's literally a palace in the middle of the city). I couldn't wait to see it up close!

What was neat about the London Eye was that it had various iPads that told you about the various buildings you could see in the skyline. The pods were made of glass so you could see everywhere. 

We then walked to Trafalgar Square area and found a quaint little pub called The Admiralty.

Naturally, I got fish and chips....because when in London! 

I love a good pub fish and chips and I was mildly disappointed it wasn't served with the round "chips" but there was a dollop of mashed peas and everything was so tasty that I got over it fast. Husband got a burger, which was also scrumptious! We enjoyed the food very very much.

Just a quick little vent about English service though. I was warned before going to Europe that European service is different than American service. In America we want to be waited on immediately, food ordered all at once, delivered quickly, and the bill brought to us without asking toward the end. However, I quickly learned that in Europe you have to actually ask for the bill. They do not walk up and ask you if you are finished. We spent SO much time in this pub just waiting for the waiter to walk up to give us our tab before realizing this crucial difference in countries. Now we know! Good thing we were enjoying the food and drink! Also, this pub had the smallest and most narrow bathroom stalls ever....and they were one of those old types with the pull chain. I HAD to take a photo.

After dinner we walked around the to take in the sights. I saw Westminster Abbey. See what I mean?

Bummer we didn't get married there! Lol. I stood there for a little too long thinking to myself Kate Middleton was right here! I am literally standing where she stood! Then we continued with our night time tour. We saw a glowing red London Eye.

Question: Does the London Eye always glow red? We weren't sure. It's owner or sponsor or whatever is Coca Cola so we were thinking it always glows red. Does anyone know?

Then I saw a red phone booth and a double decker bus! Selfie moments.

And then we returned to the hotel for the rest of the night.

I told you this hotel was awesome.

I hope you are enjoying these recaps. I can't wait to share what we did on day two! 

Have you been to London?

Did you ride the London Eye? 

What is your favorite thing to do when you travel?