Hop On, Hop Off Bus Tour

The best way to see any big city is through a bus tour. So that is what Hubby and I did on Day 2 in London. OFD (Our Favorite Daughter) went with us on the Tube this morning to the start location of one of the Hop On, Hope Off Bus Tours. Since I am the only one with a phone with connections over here, there was not "plans to meet" at a specific time, other than meet at the hotel later...

So here are too many of my 300+ photos of the unusual things we saw from the top of the double decker, open-air RED tour bus on a 7º C and 85% humidity December day...

pretty overhead holiday street decorations

chalk artist @ Trafalgar Square

better than an UGLY Christmas sweater

modern building

our city transportation

homeless gentleman

overhead street Christmas decor

curved buildings a block long on Regent's Street

better outfits than the Christmas suit!

crown decor on the street lights of Regent's Street

the Drummer Boy is arriving for work

maybe he's a Nutcracker?

flowers in December along the streets

another curved building

fountain & Christmas tree at Trafalgar Square

another street basket of flowers

lighted trees at the entrance to an important business

narrow, older brick buildings on Fleet Street

name of a dry cleaners

tree growing out of the rain gutter of a moss covered

tiled roof

triangular building

unique modern building

an old building

telephone booth...

not as attractive at the RED ones

barber shop

pub

favorite pub of Parliamentarians

riding the Hop On, Hop Off bus

geocaching in Trafalgar Square

location of another geocache

ended the day with Asian beer with our Asian meal

Role Reversal...we knew OFD would wonder if we would be able to find our way back to the hotel after our ride on the tour bus. The bus tour ended at a stop that was NOT the stop where we started. We did NOT know how to get back to our hotel. But we hopped on a city bus (for a fee) and that driver took us to our starting point where we were able to take the Tube back to a Tube stop near our hotel and familiar territory. She thought we would be back about 4:00. We got back at 7:00; well after dark. The traffic was so bad at rush hour. What should have been a 30 minute tour bus ride took 2 hours. The drivers were done for the day, so they stopped at the nearest Tour Stop and told us to get off the bus. And we did! She isn't leaving us alone to wander around London tomorrow...