Top 5 Lists

Now that we are now all safely back at home, it is time to reflect on our personal Top 5 lists.  We tried to offer something for everyone on this trip.

Craig

This is really tough for me.  The whole experience was really great.  But here goes, in a very loose order.

1.  Westminister Abbey- I find amazing all the history and stories about Kings and Queens from Medieval times.  The architecture was absolutely amazing.

2.  On/off tour- A great way to see the sites and get some history and interesting stories of all the places.

3.  British Open- I loved the energy of this tournament.  The glass court, the pros, the level of squash, seeing how excited the kids were.

4.  Hanging with Williams on New Year's Eve- Always an entertaining evening with the Williams (now there were just more of them).  This year I particularly liked when they locked the twins out of the house, accidentally of course.

5.  Harry Potter Studio Tour- Admittedly not the biggest Harry Potter fan, it was hard not to appreciate what went into making those films.

Ryan

1. Buckingham Palace (night).  Buckingham palace was one of the coolest things I saw while in England, but it was even better at night.  I liked it more at night because there was barely any people out and it was really easy to take pictures without people getting in the way.

2. The London Eye.  This was one of the coolest things we did while in England.  We had to wait literally all day to get on it, but it was worth the wait.  The view of London at night time with all the lights on was spectacular

3. Piccadilly Circus.  This place was really cool at night.  All the awesome architecture lit up by the lights looked so cool.  The lights hanging above the streets were amazing.  There were so many cool stores and stands that sold some pretty interesting stuff

4. The Tower of London.  This was one of the more interesting things we visited.  The history behind it was so cool.  Each building had its own bit of history and was actually fun to learn about.  We also got to see the crown jewels there.  The jewels were not at all what I expected but they were still pretty cool

5. Westminster Abbey.  This place was really interesting.  All the tombs of the king and queens was a little off putting but it was also really interesting.  It’s amazing how people could build huge buildings like that back before they had cranes or other things to help build tall building.