LONDON

The greatest city in the world

London was great !! Steve had a business trip to meet with BT on Thursday and Friday, so the family came along and stayed through the weekend. Patti and the kids had a great time while poor old dad had to work. They went to the British Science Museum on Thursday where the whole basement is devoted to hands on kids stuff. They spent hours there. Friday morning Patti and the kids went to Bramley's Fun House, which is like the Discovery Zone or the Jungle in the Bay Area. Friday afternoon was at the London Transport Museum.

Steve met the family after work on Friday and we all went over to Picadilly Circus and got some very mediocre fish and chips. Saturday and Sunday were then spent visiting all the famous tourist sites, pictures from which are on the next few pages. Click on the names in the menu to the left to see the pictures.

We met Steve's Uncle Alan for lunch on Saturday and that was very nice. We had lunch in a pub just around the corner from Big Ben. The weather was not perfect, but after some initial rain on Thursday and a little bit Saturday afternoon, the rest of the time was just cold and overcast. Actually, pretty darn good weather for February in one of the wettest winters in London history.

Have fun looking at the pictures !

Here is a picture of Connor, Jeff, and Steve in front of Big Ben, which was Jeff's favorite site. He is really into clocks now and he loved hearing the bell chime. Big Ben is actually the bell, not the clock. Jeff will be happy to tell you that now. We made a point of being in front of Big Ben at noon so that Jeff could here it chime twelve times. That wasn't enough for him though. I think we stopped by the place 4 times so he could hear the chimes. Don't go at 1 PM though. That's not really worth it. You can see the Millennium Wheel, or London Eye, in the background, as well as a cool shot of a double-decker.

Updated Thu Feb 15, 2001 6:32pm EST