Today was our super tourist day, as we succumbed to the pressure and climbed aboard The Original London Open Top Bus Tour. Secretly, we were both really excited.
And, I have to admit, it was fantastic.
There are several different routes on the Bus Tour, and a ticket allows its holder to ride any of them for 24 hours. We rode a whole loop, which took about 2 and a half hours, on the Red Line, which offers recorded tour in many languages, and then we rode a short ways on the Yellow Line, on which a live tour guide points out the sites and answers questions in English.
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[/caption]As I said, we did a loop on the Red to orient ourselves, and then we rode back around until we reached Covent Garden, where we planned to have lunch and have a look around the market. We ate a little pub just down the street and then walked around the market for about 45 minutes. We hopped back on the bus then and made our way to the Globe Theater.
Unfortunately the 5 pound tickets for the evening show were sold out and the matinee was already in full swing, so we didn’t get to see a show or even go inside the theater. But we got some nice pictures of the outside, and we were getting tired anyway.
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[/caption]After some ice cream and a stop at the Anchor Pub on the opposite side of the bridge from the Globe, where the original Globe Theater stood, we got back on the bus again and made our way back to Embankment Pier where we got back on the subway and caught the Circle underground line.
I took about 200 pictures today and I will post some soon!
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