The great monopoly challenge and much, much more...

As we left Paris we were given apparel for the next leg of our journey, t-shirts that had a monopoly piece on them. The hat for Amanda, the car for Pat, the shoe for Kerrie and the boat for Richard. London awaited and so did the great monopoly challenge.

The Eurostar was a wonderful journey through the countryside, a great start to the England part of our trip. Upon arrival at St. Pancreas.. Sorry Pancras.. We walked a short distance to our accommodation and discovered there was another surprise in store, a team building exercise to ready us for the great monopoly challenge. As we walked to our destination there was much speculation but we could never have guessed where we ended up. Hint hunt, the number 1 activity to do in London as suggested by trip advisor. We had no idea what were in for. 1 hour, the 4 of us and a room full of puzzles, the catch was that you could only get out of the locked room by solving all of the puzzles in the right order. We worked together and accomplished much. A great start to London.

Over the 3 days we had in London we had much fun playing a real life version of monopoly. We put on our shirts and took photos at every street and station on the monopoly board. Old kent road was rather memorable as the black cab waited and we ducked between traffic lights to take our shot. In amongst our monopoly game we also did a lot of walking and sightseeing. We have now seen.. *big breath* the river Thames, globe theatre, st Paul's cathedral, Tower of London, buckingham palace, st James park (and squirrels!), Big Ben, Westminster abbey, the British museum, Clive Owen crossing the street and of course every street and station on the monopoly board! What a wonderful adventure we had in London. Next stop idyllic country side, Devon and Cornwall.