Exploring the South Bank

Yesterday we checked out the South Bank for the most part. Though in the morning we went and finally got those Rainsleeves I was talking about earlier (yay!).

On our way to the Tower Bridge we passed the London Dungeon with it's massive queue. Bought a pasty with beef and potatoes in it and ate it while walking towards the Thames.

We started at the Tower Bridge and gawked at City Hall and the Tower of London across the river. We went full circle around the tower but thought better of doing the tour as we really didn't think it was worth the time waiting in line. We ate a light lunch, more scones with clotted cream and jam, with hot tea this time. The scones were as big as your head, I swear!

Walked back over the Tower Bridge then past London Bridge and towards Shakespeare's Globe and the Tate Modern Gallery. Had a quick poke 'round the Globe and checked out the Tate Modern. We then crossed the Millennium Bridge and headed to St. Paul's Cathedral. After that we headed to the Old Bailey. We decided to walk to Blackfriars to grab the tube towards Westminster.

We came up and immediately in view was the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament (the bell is called Big Ben). Walked around the whole thing and checked out Victoria Tower Gardens. We then walked to Westminster Abbey and took some lovely shots of it in the setting sun. Checked our map and realized that New Scotland Yard was nearby so we ended up checking that out. At this point we were famished so we ate at this nice little restaurant called Snax which had this delicious (and cheap!) Mediterranean Chicken.

At this point we headed back to the hotel for a bit, then when darkness fell we left for Piccadilly Circus again to take some pictures of the place when it was fully lit.

Anyways that's about it for yesterday, we're off again!