Leaving the UK

Diana and I made it to London on the bus just fine. It wasn't the most comfortable ride by any means, but I have had worse in the past and count on having much worse in the future...

I have put up some of the pics from the Highlands here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2193428&l=2c286&id=21002902
Diana has a bunch of pics that I will eventually get from her and put up or tag as well.

Our first day in London we made the most of it by going to the Science Museum, V&A Museum and Natural History Museum. I had been to all the last time I was here and much of the stuff was the same, but it was good to see it again. It doesn't feel like it has been 2 years since I was here last; it feels much more recent. I have been able to find my way around great.

The past few days we have taken in the typical sights:

• Westminster Abbey - covertly snapped a few photos of Darwin and Newton's burial sights
• Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace - saw some tourists get mowed down by the guards as they switched places in front for St. James's Palace
• Walking tours around the Old City and Royal Palaces - we were both fairly sun burned by the time we got home (turned out to the the hottest day of the year)
  
• Chessington World of Adventures (amusement park) - got tossed around on a roller-coaster; Diana has the bruises to prove it
• Diana discovered Primark/Penny's clothing store, so we spent our fair share of time in there browsing and buying

In addition we attended a Canada Day celebration in the middle of Trafalgar Square. They had kiosks with info about immigrating to Canada and the typical tourist stuff, along with an all-day street hockey game. The day was sponsored by Alberta Tourism, so they had Alberta Bison Burgers on the grill. Tim Hortons was there as well, but it was ripping hot and not excatly coffee and doughnut weather. The best part was the "Canada Store" where they were selling all the gourmet treats native to Canada (eg. Aunt Jemima's pancake mix and syrup, Ruffles All-dressed/Dill Pickle/Ketchup chips, Tootsie Rolls, Coffee Crisp bars, etc.). I'm looking forward to stocking up on all of them when I get home. We ended Canada Day with a BBQ on the deck - couldn't have asked for anything better.

My London pics are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2193437&l=297d6&id=21002902
Once again, I will be putting more up and tagging others of myself once I get them from Diana.

We leave for Oslo tomorrow (Thursday morning). We have 3 days in Oslo booked before heading to Bergen for a few days. From there it is all up in the air.