June 1st (sunny)

June 1st
After a very long sleep and a quick breakfast, we raced the two miles to the Gertsey train station for the 9:10 am trip to London. We immediatey found an internet café to bring this blog site more current. After that we decided to store Georg’s knapsack containing the laptop (very heavy) at the station. Although we took the subway often and were able to sit, it really took a load off his back (pun). We saw many of the must-see sights like the Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, London Tower, etc. but decided not to pay admission charges to any of them. We will see a lot of churches and such that we do not have to pay the equivalent of $15. - $20. Cdn./each. The subway is a wonderful method of transportation. One thing quite scary was that there was a bit of a gang-style beating in Trafalgar Square with lots of police chasing. This was the first time we had seen the dark side of London.
We returned home around 7 pm (after a bit of a mixup with the train transfers) and we had a couple of gin and tonics and steak for dinner. Listened to the England-Brazil soccer game on our radio and went to bed quite early.