London

We have swallowed our pride and done the tourist stuff. We suck'er up and bought a ticket for the Big Bus that tours around all the tourist traps. If you've only got a day to tour the city, this was a good way to do it. We went up the Millenium Eye, took pictures of Big Ben, and then went on a tour of the Thames. From the river we saw the London Bridge, the Globe Theatre and the original factory were OXO cubes were made. We're hitting Picadilly Circus for supper after meeting up with our Contiki tour for a pre-tour meeting.

I also met up with the Communications Manager of External Information of National Blood Services. He was such a sweetie, and I've found that they run a very similiar system to us.

Event of the Day: We got to go around the traffic cirle that Chevy Chase gets caught on in National Lampoon's European Vacation. It's the one where he keeps saying, "Look kids! Big Ben!"