Day 3, London, 19:50

We finally made it to London... After a 20 hour rolling delay (the Holiday Inn in Seatac is a nice spot to start your trip to Europe.) Then we got to visit the nice city of Portland for a few hours before our flight to Minneapolis then finally London. We arrive here yesterday at about noon. We were promised that our bags were on our flight but of course NW let us down again. They did finally arrive tonight about 18:00. Yesterday we checked into our beautiful hotel, the Holly House. It was about 40sqft with two communal bathrooms, one with a plugged toliet and the other without any lights. We decided one night there would be enough. We left our room quickly to go explore the city. And proceeded to hike ten miles... we covered some ground but also found ourselves going in circles some. Our stops included Hyde park, Kensington Palace, Whole Foods, and a lot of time on the phone trying to find our bags...(lesson #1learned: pay phones are expensive and not always that productive). This morning we bought a cellphone our number is 011447504744478. Feel free to call us, incoming calls are free for us, but may be expesive for you. Way easier and cheaper in the long run. We also found a new place to stay it is called the Park Lodge just a 1/2 block from Hyde park. Very nice with a toliet that functions and a shower that will actually be usable. We covered a lot of ground on the tube today. We saw Big Ben, Westminster abbey, London eye, Waterloo station, and the London Bridge. We are finally off for our first real meal since we got here! Then a few more sights to see before the day comes to an end. Our tummies are rumbling so we will post pictures tomorrow.