The Adventures of the Restless: Walking London, Stonehenge, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham palace, the Parliament 09-29

During our stay in London, Matt, Angie, Charlie and I rented an apartment to stay in for 3 nights. Stay City Serviced Apartments are apartments that are used like hotels - to give travelers a less expensive alternative to the over 150 pound/night (for low end) hotels in the city. Because of this - we were able to unpack our bags for more than one night, and rely on the subway and bus systems to navigate London.

About eight months prior to this trip, Angie reserved us spots in the early morning Stonehenge experience. This is only offered to about 20 people per day that they are open, and it allows people to actually enter Stonehenge, opposed to only seeing it from behind the rope. All people that travel to see the Stonehenge later in the day, are note allowed to enter. The downside, you must be at the henge a 6:00am.

Today started out with a drive out to Stonehenge. Stonehenge is located about an hour and half outside of London - so we had to rent a car for the day, since we had to leave our apartment at 4:30 in the morning - and public transportation would not be efficient. When we arrived, we were given the list of rules to follow, number 1 being to make sure that we do not touch the stones as there are plants and moss species growing on the stones that can be harmed. We were then directed up to Stonehenge, and given free range to roam the grounds for an hour. It was still dark when we arrived, but watching the sunrise from Stonehenge, was truly beautiful. I've placed some photos below:

Stonehenge Photos:

Charlie and I - all bundled up

We returned to London by 9:00am, and dropped off the rental car at the airport. After dropping off the car, it was time to rely on public transportation. We bought some bus tickets back to our apartment, and had our first ever bus ride on the top deck of a double-decker bus! (yup - checking off another item on my bucketlist)

We then planned out the rest of our day, and and took an hour to figure out how to navigate the bus and subway system throughout London (taking a subway - yet another check mark for my bucket list. Yes, it's the simple things in life that make mine worth living ;) ). After this hour, we headed to the heart of the city to see Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and the Parliament building (Big Ben). After our early morning at Stonehenge - today was to be a walk around the city, and relaxing evening in the apartment. Photos below :)

Walking London: